But then she met Stuart. All her dreams of a perfect marriage broke.

After Morwenna left, the house fell silent.

The faint, sleepy scent that lingered only made Stuart more irritable.

Losing something you've had hurts way more than never having it in the first place.

Stuart had been bothered by insomnia for years, and he had grown accustomed to it.

But after Morwenna arrived, he had slept soundly twice.

Then it was back to wakeful nights, and Stuart was losing his cool, teetering on the brink of blowing up.

He couldn't allow someone to have such a hold over him. It made him feel too vulnerable.

Money couldn't fix this.

With Norbert around, plain threats were off the table, too.

What about emotions?

unknown, even then, Stuart couldn't bear to use vile,

was because her pure gaze. It was like a mirror, reflecting one's

Stuart called Fletcher.

sly fox Fletcher offered

more Stuart listened, the more he

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rented apartment. She tidied up her

roommate, a woman in her thirties,

to sleep in the living room and share a cramped bathroom,

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saw it was Stuart, she instinctively

face clouded with anger, Stuart

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