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

a flourish, “Bennett, you’re not exactly a

tone was indifferent, “Not

chuckled, “Are you kidding? I wish you would come by every day

Bennett’s lips curved in a slight

he’d come straight from home, in a crisp black shirt and slacks beneath

flicked back to

in his seat, his

said, “Sullivan’s here too! What’s this… coming to pick Megan up

across from Timothy pulled out a 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 asking about

widened, “Sounds serious!”

“But are you still in a position to ask Megan for favors? I heard through the grapevine from Lucia that you two are on the brink of divorce. Hasn’t Megan’s settlement proposal already landed at

sharing the details of his marital woes. He lit a cigarette,

a man’s intuition is particularly sharp, especially when

here because of

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

dress, her bare shoulders tantalizing. Her legs were a work of art–slender, straight porcelain, and

her for a long moment before he looked away and said, “Let’s play cards. Same stakes as usual?

hand?”