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.

too proud to cajole her, changed into his pajamas and

he was,

sunlight shone into the

found it imitating and shielded his eyes, awakening in the

faint noises could be

recognized them as the sounds of the housekeeper setting up the dining room, something Megan and the servants usually did together,

and strolled into the dressing room and changed his

Then he froze.

suitcase was gone.

wardrobe, confirming that several of her fréquently worn clothes were missing.

seconds of silent contemplation, he closed her wardrobe and chose a business suit as usual, got dressed, and

he was fastening his watch while heading downstairs. He

spoke cautiously. “Madam left early in the morning with her suitcase, Sir. She didn’t even call

“She’s gone!”

to eat his usual

was captured by the newspaper headlines.

filled the pages, each headline more sensational than the last. After scanning them for a moment, Sullivan asked the nearby housekeeper

She just left the housekeeper

her and then picked up his phone to call Bianca, “Deal with those newspaper stories.”

exchange, he was

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

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