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?

couldn't bear to use vile,

gaze. It was like a mirror, reflecting

Stuart called Fletcher.

sly fox Fletcher offered

Stuart listened, the more

the phone, "Stuart, do as I say. Making a woman fall for you

returned to her rented apartment. She tidied up her things and cleaned the

a woman in

was rundown, and she had to sleep in the living room and

her own rented place, and

her first day away from Stuart, Morwenna

there was a knock at the door. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet

friends or family there, and Norbert was unaware of her address,

she instinctively tried to shut it

anger, Stuart pushed the

Morwenna hate him that

usually the one dishing out the tantrums. This was the first time he found himself on the receiving end of such

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