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…”

her voice heavy, then continued,

in, trying to lift her

at her

“Mrs. Lowry!”

called out, familiar yet fore

looked up and

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foreign.

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

to Megan as

she called Bianca, she’d get nothing

she turned to Megan

“Mrs. Lowry. I’m begging you, please don’t cling to Sullivan. He and I are truly in love! If

Cressida had

was crass and shameless!

the past, Megan would have been

Baldwin, these are things you should be discussing with Sullivan! If a woman hasn’t secured her position,