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 he

faced the chill of early

still damp, clung to her

hour, and she wasn’t in the mindset to seek

walked to a

purchased a box of

her with a mix of concern and

the cashier that

of warm water, which

her forties, felt a pang of sympathy as

she held back from

stepped outside, the sky began

wandered the streets aimlessly, her body

She hardly noticed.

continued, not returning to the

fatigue weighed on her, but sleep

birth certificate from

in a decisive act, she

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