Chapter 145

Alter waving goodbye to Cressida, Sullivan made his way back to the master bedroom on the second floor

He contemplated calling Megan down for dinner, realizing it had been ages since they’d shared a proper meal together. He was determined to make things right with her from now on.

Pushing open the bedroom door, he saw the gifts he had given her carelessly piled in a corner, a clear sign of how she had discarded his affections. Sullivan knew Megan did this on purpose, she was returning the treatment she had received from him in the past. It was just tit for tat

Frons the walk in closet, there came the faint sound of someone packing. Sullivan hastened over

Indeed, Megan was there, a suitcase open as she filled it with clothes, accessories, and her usual belongings–everything stuffed to the

brim

Sullivan watched, feeling a sharp pain in his eyes

With a swift move, he grabbed her wrist, pulling and pushing her down onto the sofa, his body close and his voice dangerously low. Where do you think you’re going?”

Megan didn’t struggle. She looked up at Sullivan, observing the urgency and anxiety in his eyes as if he truly cared about her.

She reached out with her slender fingers, gently tracing the contours of his face. “So, you’re done talking to her? Made her feel all better?”

Sullivan was infuriated!

stop the teasing caress and said gruffly,

noble of you, hiding your mistress away in

capturing hers in a

her yet you insist on helping her through her illness. her sickbed, holding her

was thrust against

he took it and then

You stay by

of the hospital room, a blanket over him, and Cressida was

in love, especially with the look of adoration in Cressida’s eyes–a look that couldn’t

been anything between him

come from?”

the answer he needed. It wasn’t Cressida’s provocation: Megan had bought this… likely as leverage for a

standing up, his tone icy. “I won’t divorce you. Not now, not ever!!

away, slowly making his way to the

voice was equally cold. “Sullivan, whether we divorce or not isn’t so important to me anymore. When you love someone, you think of them to the

Sullivan paused.

metal doorknob, murmuring after a moment, “Then let’s live in separate worlds

same roof.”

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