Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 33

Megan was caught off guard.

Due to some business with Victoria Leach, Bennett hadn’t exactly been Mr. Congeniality with her lately, and just the other night, he’d given her a hard time.

And now he was offering her a ride

Instinctively, Megen felt there was an ulterior motive. She took a step back, her tone distant. “Bennett, you said you’d stop giving me a

hard time.”

Benisett just looked at her, assessing. Finally, he let out a few words, almost carelessly, “I did say that.”

And with that, he drove off, his black Land Rover leaving twin trails of exhaust in its wake.

Megan thought the Bennett issue was settled.

But that evening, she saw him again on the 56th floor of Regal Bolt, sitting at a card table with Timothy and a few others, conspicuously without the usual entourage of starlets or models.

When Megan took the stage, Bennett glanced up.

small, seemingly inconsequential gesture didn’t escape Timothy’s notice.

“Bennett, you’re not

tone was indifferent,

wish you would come

Bennett’s lips curved in a slight

a crisp black shirt and slacks beneath

flicked back

his seat, his

“Sullivan’s here too! What’s this… coming to pick Megan up after her set?”

pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, and casually placed it on the coffee table before speaking. Tm taking Megan back to the family estate for the night. Grandma’s been

widened, “Sounds serious!”

to ask Megan for favors? I heard through the grapevine from Lucia that you

had no interest in sharing the details of his marital woes. He lit a

man’s intuition is particularly sharp, especially when the woman in

here because of

smoke, Sullivan’s gaze deepened as he watched Megan on stage.

sleek black cocktail dress, her bare shoulders tantalizing. Her legs were

he looked away and said, “Let’s play cards. Same stakes as usual? One

hand?”