Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 50

Cressida’s parents used to work for the Quigleys, of all people!

Just then, the waiter brought over a steaming pot of fish stew but Core had lost all appetite. She was still fuming. “There’s definitely something fishy about them!”

Megan felt a knot in her stomach too, as she gently touched Cora’s hand in a comforting gesture.

She understood Cras all too well.

Cora came from a well–to–do family, and at 26, she was headstrong about marrying 40–year–old Joseph, a widower with two kids. The whole affair caused such a nift that she cut ties with her own family.

Cora was always so proud and defiant. She swore to live a life that would prove her family wrong, to show them her choice was

s the right one. But now, how could she bear being looked down upon by a former servant? How could she possibly swallow that pride?

Megan tried to console her for a long time. Then she mentioned the inheritance of two million dollars, “With this money, things will be a bit easier. Cora, our days are only going to get brighter!”

Cora let out a laugh, coaxed by Megan’s words.

But as she laughed, tears welled up in her eyes, “Megan, it’s not for me that I’m upset. It’s just not fair to you! A daughter of a chauffeur and a cook, looking so plain, how could she possibly…”

voice heavy, then continued, “Sullivan must

trying to lift her

about her husband, so after picking at her food, she left in a hurry, leaving Megan staring blankly at the pot of fish stew.

“Mrs. Lowry!”

out,

up and saw Cressida.

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foreign.

a wheelchair, clad in a hospital gown, looking frail. But her seemingly delicate almond

to Megan as a last

her calls or visit her in the hospital. When she called Bianca,

was desperate, so she

clutching at Megan’s sleeve with a pitiful look, “Mrs. Lowry. I’m begging you, please don’t cling to Sullivan. He and I are truly in love! If you step aside, we both will

had been married to Sullivan for three years, and for those three years, Cressida had always been there. But this was the first

crass

the past, Megan would have been at

Sullivan, she was surprisingly calm. She even spoke to Cressida with a level tone, “Ms, Baldwin, these are things you should be discussing with Sullivan! If a woman hasn’t secured her position, the problem usually lies with the man, not the wife.”