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.

his pajamas and lay down. But when going to sleep, he patted the empty space beside him, feeling somewhat unaccustomed to

indifferent he was, Megan liked to sleep holding him from

early moming, sunlight

his eyes,

could be

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

strolled into the dressing room and

Then he froze.

was

the wardrobe, confirming that several of her fréquently worn clothes were

contemplation, he closed her wardrobe and chose a business

while heading downstairs. He

housekeeper spoke cautiously. “Madam left early in the morning with

“She’s gone!”

sat down to eat his usual breakfast of black coffee and whole–wheat

however, was captured

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

have breakfast, Sir. She just left the housekeeper answered honestly

glanced at her and then picked up his phone to call Bianca, “Deal with those newspaper

brief exchange, he was about to

“Also, find out where Megan sold her wedding ring.

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