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…”

paused, her voice heavy, then

trying to lift her

much better after venting. She was worried about her husband, so after picking at her food, she left in a hurry, leaving Megan

“Mrs. Lowry!”

a voice called out, familiar yet fore

up and saw Cressida.

G G

foreign.

a hospital gown, looking frail. But her seemingly delicate

to Megan as a last resort

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

she

sleeve with a pitiful look, “Mrs. Lowry. I’m begging

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

crass and shameless!

the past, Megan would have

to Cressida with a level tone, “Ms, Baldwin, these are things you