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?

Stuart couldn't bear to use

it was because her pure gaze. It was like a mirror,

Stuart called Fletcher.

fox Fletcher

more Stuart listened, the more he

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

She tidied up her things

a woman in

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

was her own rented place, and she felt

her first day away from Stuart, Morwenna even had a better appetite

the door. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet

Norbert was unaware of her address, so she assumed it was her roommate.

she instinctively tried to shut

with anger, Stuart

hate him that

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

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