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.

was a fantasy, a delusion he no longer wished to

chill of early summer’s

to her as the rain

were scarce at this hour, and she wasn’t in the

to a

a box of morning-after

her with a mix

that Melissa had probably

a glass of warm water,

a pang of sympathy as Melissa swallowed the

she held back from saying

Melissa stepped outside, the sky

her body

She hardly noticed.

walk continued, not returning to the

fatigue weighed on her,

and birth certificate from her luggage,

in a decisive act, she

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