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 spotted Bennett.

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

want to provoke him. Her lips trembled slightly

before he turned away.

fool. He gently lifted her chin, his voice dangerously husky, “Learning to play the game,

her face away, “Sullivan, remember

gaze was inscrutable, “Of course, I won’t forget, Mrs. Lowry” Then he led her by the hand, the perfect picture of

played along. They even danced together at the

Lambert went out of her way to introduce Megan to some distinguished ladies, billing her as

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

taken aback. This was only known to her, Cora, and Lucia.

got a

test the truth, Megan, in her

the end of the piece, no one

was the one Paxton had been

in

there casually. But his eyes held a message only she could understand – a mix of lewd desire and possessiveness

that gaze. She feigned a need to