Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 117

They never spoke about it, but each knew that Megan’s first touches since her return were reluctant.

Even when, on occasion, she felt a fleeting rush of pleasure.

Tonight was clearly different.

Amid the soft glow of the bedside lamp, Sullivan’s tenderness was palpable. His every move seemed measured and thoughtful as if each caress carried the weight of his concern not to hurt her or to cause any distaste. He whispered into her ear to ask if she was

comfortable.

Megan wrapped her arms around his neck, her lips sealed with silence. Yet her body could not lie. That night, after three years of marriage, they found a depth of satisfaction that was profoundly mutual.

Afterwards, Megan soaked in a bubble bath.

Sullivan, in his trousers and a crisp shirt, settled on the patio to feel the breeze and smoke a cigarette.

The night wind teased his neatly trimmed hair and softened his usually stern features. From the bathroom, he heard the stir of Megan finishing her bath, knowing her ritual of blow–drying her hair and applying her skincare would yet consume a good part of the evening.

Leaning back in his chair, Sullivan flicked through his phone casually.

new message blinked on

was from Cressida’s primary doctor, which detailed her latest diagnosis: [Mr. Lowry, the IV administered to Ms. Baldwin last visit contained a prohibited substance. Despite

listed the

stared at the name, his long fingers clenching the phone until his

elation from his recent intimacy

a long pause,

hand in what happened to Cressida? Don’t you think your hands are stained with too much already in trying to preserve the Lowry family’s honor? I’ve told you before, there’s no future for

Cressida.*

other end was silent before replying with equal reserve, “Sullivan, I

another word, Sullivan hung up. He took out another cigarette, his hands trembling slightly as he lit it. Memories flooded him like a tide–the man leaving with his suitcase, a dignified while hysterical woman chasing after him, and their young son hidden

once you leave this door! Go be with her!

the man

sat on the floor,

children with another woman?”

leave me! You’re my husband; how

repeated those words, but unaware that the child

next twenty years of his life, teaching