Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 26

He held Megan’s slender neck in one hand, and with the other, he pushed her head down toward him until their foreheads touched. His prominent nose met hers, and his thin lips were just a breath away. The heat of his exhalation made Megan tremble slightly.

She was a mix of emotions, dazed and filled with desire

But deep down, something fell off

She and Sullivan. they shouldn’t be doing this.

In the heat of the moment, Megan nestled against his neck, whispering into his ear, “Sullivan, when are we getting a divorce?”

Sullivan’s body tensed. He pinched her delicate cheek, forcing her to look at him.

Megan’s face was flushed, the blush spreading mature allure. She gazed at him, murmuring unconsciously, “Sullivan, do you know…! don’t like you anymore; I just don’t!”

She repeated it several times

Sullivan’s expression tumed ugly. He gripped her chin, stared at her for a long moment, and then said softly, “Do you think I care?”

He truly didn’t need to care

Because he didn’t love her, because their marriage was a mistake from the start, because…

Sullivan that he didn’t need to be concerned with childish affections. He just needed an obedient wife, a

was there, on

every time before, even if Megan cried her eyes out, he wouldn’t be swayed. But now, seeing the tears in Megan’s eyes, Sullivan didn’t

let her go, tossing a blanket

a bathrobe and went to the living

pale Adam’s apple bobbed gently, attractive and

smoke rose around

didn’t want to admit how frustrated he

flared within him when Megan said she didn’t like him… and the discomfort, like something that

also didn’t want to guess when she

smoking a pack of cigarettes, Sullivan stepped out of the bedroom and slowly

impassive.

up and noticed his sour expression. Hadn’t Mr. and Mrs. Lowry been… Intimate? Why did Mr. Lowry

“Bring me some coffee to

housekeeper handed him the mug and quickly left, Sullivan snuffed out his

still faintly sweet, like the fragrance of blooming lotus in June… Clothes,

the floor.

the mess. He sat on the bed, looking at the woman

well–proportioned. She rubbed

Sullivan’s anger spiked