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 fantasy, a delusion

the chill of

damp, clung to her as

and she wasn’t in the

walked to a

she purchased a

at her with a mix

that

a glass of warm water, which she gratefully

forties, felt a pang of sympathy as Melissa swallowed

held back from

outside, the sky began to

aimlessly, her body occasionally sprayed

She hardly noticed.

not returning to the hotel until the

on her, but

diary and birth certificate from her luggage, poring

decisive act, she

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