Missing Mrs. Lowry: The Billionaire’s Wakeup Call

Chapter 134

Megan had always steered clear of those flashy downtown nightspots.

Sullivan hated them, and that was reason enough to avoid them. But since she no longer cared what Sullivan thought, Megan found herself accepting Lucia’s invitation to hit the town.

The music in the bar was deafening, but Lucia seemed to thrive in the chaos, her body swaying to the beat with practiced ease. always been drawn to the glittering nightlife, a remnant from her less–than–gilded childhood.

Pouring Megan a glass of red wine, Lucia exclaimed, “This stuff goes straight to your head!”

Megan pulled her into a seat, her voice barely above a whisper, “Why here, of all places?”

She was worried about Lucia.

She had

Nobody knew that Lucía had lost her hearing in her left ear as a child, an injury sustained during a violent encounter with some thugs who were hounding her parents for debts. Megan had begged Wyatt to spare no expense on the best ENT specialists in Borough City, but the damage was irreversible.

seemed caught off guard for a moment before she brushed her raven hair aside and chuckled, “That’s an old wound; it doesn’t hurt anymore. Life’s too short not to live it up. To hell with Sullivan, Timothy, Cressida, all

twenty–something guy approached

gently caressed the

phone and added the young man before Megan could protest. With an apologetic smile, Megan said to the boy, “My friend’s had a bit too much to

well–mannered. He brushed off the incident

social circle. I met her at a fashion show once drop–dead gorgeous and icy as hell. I bet she keeps that frosty face even in bed! Timothy, that bastard, is trying to cut me loose without a second thought, sleeping with me while he courts

Megan was taken aback.

Timothy had a soft spot for Lucia. How could he suddenly be

breaking it off, then use his

just how do you want to take me down a peg? Shall I

up Lucia, slurring

for a while, and perhaps Timothy

mind to call Sullivan and inform him that Megan was being bothered by men at

all over Timothy’s luxury

glared at the woman who was now struggling with her sickness and muttered, “You could use a dip in the river