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.

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

past, no matter how indifferent he was,

the early moming, sunlight shone into

found it imitating and shielded his

could be

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

Sullivan got out of bed and strolled into the dressing room and

Then he froze.

suitcase was gone.

the wardrobe, confirming that several of her fréquently worn

he closed her wardrobe and chose a business suit as

watch while heading downstairs. He casually asked the housekeeper “Where’s

morning with her suitcase, Sir. She didn’t even call for

“She’s gone!”

his

captured

sensational than the last. After scanning them for a moment,

have breakfast, Sir. She just left

then picked up his phone to call Bianca, “Deal with those

he was about

very calm, “Also, find out where Megan sold her wedding ring. I want it back by four this

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