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

faced the chill

clothes, still damp, clung to

this hour, and she wasn’t in the

she walked to a nearby

she purchased a box of

cashier glanced at her with a mix

the cashier that

a glass of warm water,

cashier, a mother in her forties, felt a pang of

strangers, she held back from saying

outside, the sky began

body occasionally sprayed with

She hardly noticed.

returning to

fatigue weighed on

a diary and birth certificate

in a decisive act,

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