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

was, Megan liked to sleep

moming, sunlight shone into

his eyes, awakening in the process.

faint noises could be

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

and strolled into the

Then he froze.

was gone.

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

chose a business suit as usual, got dressed, and

he was fastening his watch while heading downstairs. He casually asked the housekeeper “Where’s

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

“She’s gone!”

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

however, was captured by

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

just

his phone to call Bianca, “Deal with those newspaper

was about

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

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