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

faced the chill

clung to

and she wasn’t in the mindset

walked to a nearby

she purchased a box

glanced at her with a mix of concern and

the cashier that Melissa had

glass of warm water, which

forties, felt a pang of sympathy as Melissa swallowed the

strangers, she held back

outside, the sky began to

the streets aimlessly, her body occasionally sprayed with mud from passing

She hardly noticed.

walk continued, not returning to

and fatigue weighed on her, but sleep

a diary and birth certificate from her luggage,

act, she set

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