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.

it doesn’t hurt anymore. Life’s too short not to live it

then, a fresh–faced twenty–something guy approached Megan, asking

decline when Lucia, her fingernails painted a vivid scarlet, gently caressed the boy’s hand, making him blush furiously. With

protest. With an apologetic smile, Megan said

and well–mannered. He brushed off the incident with a polite “No worries” and

fashion show once drop–dead gorgeous and icy

Megan was taken aback.

a soft spot for Lucia. How could

Timothy down a peg before breaking it off, then use his money to make a fool out of

do you want to take me down a peg? Shall I give you some advice?” A male voice

looked up to see Timothy nodding at her before he scooped up Lucia, slurring and drunk. “I’m taking her home. You want a lift,

care for the place, but she felt like sitting alone for a while, and perhaps Timothy and Lucia

his car, he still found the presence of mind to call Sullivan and inform him that Megan was being bothered by men at the bar, suggesting he come to

over Timothy’s

her sickness and muttered, “You could use