Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 45

Their bodies were pressed close together, rubbing against one another

To say Megan felt nothing would have been a lie. But she couldn’t deny her aversion to Sullivan, so she made an excuse, “The event starts at seven, and you care so much about that project. You wouldn’t want to be late, right?”

Upon hearing this, Sullivan eased his grip on her. He glanced at her reflection in the mirror, a wry chuckle escaping his lips, “Mrs. Lawry, you sure know how to kill the mood.”

But the immediate crisis had been overted.

The ride back was silent.

At seven in the evening, Sullivan’s sleek black Bentley glided into the Lambert Estate. He stepped out and opened the door for Megan. As she bent to exit the car, Sullivan took her hand.

She couldn’t help but look up at him.

They locked eyes under the grand lights, amid the whispering night breeze.

Sullivan tightened his grip on her hand, pulling her close and whispering in her ear, “Stick with me tonight. Don’t go charming any other

understand?”

men.

a possessive

shoulder, Megan spotted Bennett.

the porch light, a glass of red wine in his hand, his gaze

didn’t want to provoke him. Her lips trembled slightly as she embraced Sullivan

narrowed before he turned away.

her chin, his voice dangerously husky, “Learning to play the game, are we?”

turned her face away, “Sullivan, remember your goal for

was inscrutable, “Of course, I won’t forget, Mrs. Lowry” Then he

They even danced together at the gala, earning rounds of

Lambert went out of her way to introduce Megan to some distinguished ladies, billing her as the first lady of the Lowry Group and a

with a bit of bluster “I’ve heard that Paxton is coming back. Everyone knows he’s favored student, but do you know? It’s none other than

to her, Cora, and Lucia. But

got a

partly to test the truth, Megan, in her

and by the end of the piece, no

was the one Paxton

in

understand – a mix of lewd

couldn’t bear that gaze. She feigned a