Chapter 93

Cora was an old soul, steeped in tradition. She leaned in and whispered with a hint of concern, “Megan, maybe it’s time to think about having a baby. It might make things a bit easier”

Megan knew Cora meant well, worried that she might be neglected by Sullivan. There was a time Megan herself had longed for a child with Sullivan, but since her return, the thought had lost its appeal.

With a soft smile, Megan replied, “Maybe in a couple of years.”

Cora sighed softly, watching Megan walk away.

After leaving the rehab center, Megan stopped by the clinic to pick up a bottle of birth control pills. She couldn’t shake the feeling that Sullivan had been more insistent on intimacy without protection Intely. Sometimes, even after unwrapping a condom, he’d cast it aside in his eagerness. She didn’t want to get pregnant, so it was up to her to take precautions.

After the errand. Megan was about to leave when she ran into the last people she wanted to see the Baldwin women.

Despite their modest background, the medical staff treated them with deference because of Sullivan, so Cressida and her mother Dahlia camed themselves with a certain pride.

Dahlia’s temper flared as she saw Megan…

last time they met in the hospital, Sullivan had clearly favored Cressida. Dahlia had fully expected that after Mr. Lowry’s visit, he would divorce

wormed her way back into the Lowry family, clinging to the title of Mrs. Lowry.

to our Cressida. You’ve heard of Mr. Paxton, right? He’s about to take Cressida as his student and, out of respect for Mr. Lowry, he’s even planning to throw a few dinner

her voice as she

the elevator button,

belligerent, “Are you listening

ground, spilling its contents including the bottle of birth control

If things are so bad between

married, had known a man’s touch. Though her legs were gone, her desires were not. Many a night,

birth control bottle shattered

and his wife shared an intimate

air, the elevator dinged open,

Sullivan,

the birth control pills.

his gaze

handed the bag back to

thank you. She turned to her husband, her expression calm, “Sullivan, I’m guessing you’re not here for my father.

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