Chapter 156

Sullivan was head over heels for Megan. He cared deeply for her.

Cressida, on the other hand, had lost it completely

Ripping off her IV line, her frail hands bled, but she couldn’t care less. Her face contorted with rage as she said, “If it weren’t for your mother, it should’ve been me you were marrying! Sullivan, do you really think she just orchestrated that accident? No, she did much more! She arranged for me to many a brutish man, a wife–beater… a man who beat me so badly I ended up in the hospital with internal bleeding. It was too late; I lost my ability to have children. I became barren, while Megan, Mrs. Lowry, was pampered and kept like a princess ct home. Is it so wrong that I’m jealous, that I feel wronged? From the beginning, she’s had everything that should’ve been mine. The title of Mrs. Lowry was meant for me.”

She was trembling as she spoke. Muttering to herself, she questioned, “What did I do to deserve this?”

Sullivan watched her in silence.

After a moment, he tumed and opened the window, letting the night breeze in to clear the stench of blood in the room. Behind him, Cressida coughed violently from the draft.

But Sullivan didn’t tum around.

He stared at the laurel tree outside, his voice hoarse, “I’ll give you 50 million and arrange for you to get treatment abroad. From now on… neither you nor your parents should ever come back to Borough City.”

and left

walked out of the room, Cressida sat on the bed, crying out

a while, Bianca came in and

shaking as she asked, “Why is he treating

passionately by someone in three years of marriage, even the hardest of hearts would soften. Ms. Baldwin, if you’re smart, you’ll take the money and give your parents a comfortable

Blanca left, she sighed.

but he must

had just descended the stairs when he saw a luxurious black sedan

his mother, Camilla.

brisk, and the look between mother and son was alien and cold.

a moment, Sullivan approached, opened the door, and/sat next to her.

into my life, only to set up this tragic act with Cressida to make me feel guilty for life. Is it because of Percy? Because you couldn’t win my father’s heart, you didn’t want

was haughty. “Emotions are the most useless

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