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.

fantasy, a delusion he no

the chill of

to

at this hour, and she wasn’t in the mindset to

to

she purchased a box

at her with a mix of concern and curiosity, seeing Melissa’s disheveled

to the cashier that

glass of warm

a mother in her forties, felt a pang of sympathy as Melissa

held

the sky began to

the streets aimlessly, her body occasionally sprayed with mud from

She hardly noticed.

returning to the hotel

fatigue weighed on her, but sleep eluded

certificate from

in a decisive act, she set them

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