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?

then, Stuart couldn't bear to use vile, violent means against

her pure gaze. It was like

Stuart called Fletcher.

sly fox Fletcher offered his

Stuart listened, the more he

as I say. Making a woman fall for

rented apartment. She tidied up her

in her thirties, worked

apartment was rundown, and she had to sleep in the living room and share a cramped bathroom, but Morwenna

her own rented place, and she felt

Morwenna even

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address, so she assumed it was her roommate. Morwenna put down her fork and went to open

it was Stuart, she instinctively

with anger, Stuart pushed

hate him

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