Chapter 2922

With no desire to linger, Melissa hurried away.

The check slipped from Marcus’ grasp, fluttering to the floor.

Marcus, taking a moment, stooped to retrieve and tear it in half.

He then moved to the bedside table, picking up the ring.

His fingers traced over it, as if feeling the lingering warmth of Melissa’s touch.

The bed, too, seemed to retain traces of her presence.

But she was gone, driven away by his own actions.

He doubted she would return.

It marked the end of whatever they had shared.

A self-mocking laugh escaped Marcus as he mused on the folly of their relationship.

a delusion he no

chill of

still damp, clung to her as the

hour, and she wasn’t in the mindset

to a

a box of morning-after

glanced at her with a mix of concern

seemed to the cashier that Melissa had

a glass of warm water, which she gratefully

forties, felt a pang of sympathy as Melissa swallowed

held

stepped outside, the sky began to

streets aimlessly, her body occasionally sprayed with mud

She hardly noticed.

to the

on her,

and birth certificate from her luggage, poring

act, she

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