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…

He

supple body was there,

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

let her go, tossing a

and

smoked, his pale Adam’s apple bobbed gently, attractive and full of tension.

veil of smoke rose around him,

to admit

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

didn’t want to guess when she had stopped

smoking a pack of cigarettes, Sullivan stepped out of the

impassive.

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

me

quickly left, Sullivan snuffed out his cigarette and carried his

fragrance of blooming lotus in June… Clothes, both his and hers, were

the floor.

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

smooth skin, her waist so slender his arm could circle it, her legs well–proportioned. She rubbed against the sheets uncomfortably in her drunkenness,

Sullivan’s anger spiked

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