Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

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.

room, while Sullivan, too proud to cajole her, changed into his pajamas and lay down. But when going to sleep, he patted the empty space beside him, feeling somewhat

the past, no matter how indifferent he was,

moming, sunlight shone into

and shielded his eyes,

faint noises could

housekeeper setting up the dining room, something Megan and the servants usually did together, including preparing his breakfast just for

of bed and strolled into the dressing room and changed his clothes.

Then he froze.

suitcase was

confirming that several of

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

his watch while heading downstairs. He

the morning with her suitcase, Sir. She

“She’s gone!”

to eat his usual breakfast

however, was captured by the newspaper headlines.

stories about him and Cressida filled the pages, each headline more sensational than the last. After scanning them for a moment, Sullivan asked the nearby housekeeper in a low voice, “Did Madam see the newspaper before

Sir. She just left

then picked up his phone to

exchange, he was about to hang up.

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

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