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.

betrayed a

his shoulder, Megan

a glass of red wine in his hand, his gaze dark and fixed on

Her lips

eyes narrowed before he turned

his voice dangerously husky, “Learning to play the game, are

her face away, “Sullivan, remember your goal

won’t forget, Mrs. Lowry” Then he

danced together at the gala,

to introduce Megan to some distinguished ladies, billing her as the first

bluster “I’ve heard that Paxton is coming back. Everyone knows he’s favored student, but do you know?

This was only known to her, Cora, and Lucia. But

got a

test the truth, Megan, in

“Meditation and by the end of the piece, no one doubted Mrs. Lambert’s words anymore, not

one Paxton had been

in thanks.

only she could understand – a mix of lewd desire and possessiveness that had

She feigned a need to