Chapter 7

Megan grasped the car door then slowly let it go.

The atmosphere inside the car was stilling.

Sullivan had just returned from a business trip and had made a detour to the Lowry Mansion. He was visibly tired. With one hand on the steering wheel and the other rubbing his forehead, he spoke with impatience, “How much longer am you going to keep this up?”

By now, he merely thought it all was a tantrum

Megan feli a chill in her heart. Sitting up straight, she stared ahead and after a long pause, spoke softly, “Sullivan, I’m serious! I don’t want to be with you anymom

Sullivan tumed sharply to look at her. He was a handsome man, with well–defined features that Megan had once been quite infatuated with. But now, she felt nothing, not in the slightest

His eyes locked onto hers as he unbuckled his seat belt, “Get out!”

With a faint sound, the locks disengaged.

Megan stepped out immediately, walking briskly toward the villa’s entrance.

In the dim light, her back was as straight and resolute as her decision to divorce.

Sullivan lit a cigarette before getting out of the car and following her upstairs.

Their argument had ended on a sour note.

Megan slept in the quest room, while Sullivan, too proud to cajole her, changed into his pajamas and lay down. But when going to

the past, no matter how indifferent he was, Megan liked to sleep holding

early moming, sunlight shone into the bedroom.

his eyes, awakening in the process.

faint noises could be

the dining room, something Megan and the servants

strolled into the

Then he froze.

was gone.

that several of

closed her wardrobe and chose a business suit as usual, got dressed, and

was fastening his watch while heading downstairs. He casually asked

early in the morning with her suitcase, Sir. She didn’t even

“She’s gone!”

ignored the news, sat down to eat his usual breakfast of black coffee

attention, however, was captured by the

scanning them for a moment, Sullivan asked the nearby housekeeper in a low voice, “Did Madam

didn’t have breakfast, Sir. She just left the

his phone to call Bianca, “Deal with those

was about to hang up.

his tone was very calm, “Also, find out where Megan sold her wedding ring. I want

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