Chapter 147

He despised another man coveting his wife!

They finally arrived at Pearl.

Darkness enveloped the exterior. Geoffrey’s heart clenched as he darted out of the car, nearly sprinting toward the entrance.

Pushing open the main door, absolute darkness swallowed him whole.

Suddenly, Maureen’s words from earlier tonight echoed in his mind:

“Think carefully. If you leave now, I won’t keep my promise.”

Geoffrey’s heart seemed to stop. He fumbled for the lights and rushed toward Maureen’s

room.

!

But when he threw open the door, the space stood empty and silent. No trace of the woman

remained.

At that moment, his blood froze solid.

She’d vanished again?

How long would she disappear this time?

Geoffrey’s eyes were rimmed red as he frantically searched for her.

Room after room yielded nothing, and he nearly ordered men to intercept her at the airport.

Only when he reached the backyard and saw Maureen sitting alone on the empty bench did the tension leave his chest.

Maureen, unable to sleep, had been catching the night breeze when Geoffrey approached with uncharacteristic panic.

She hadn’t expected him back tonight.

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rushed to her, pulling her

dim light, Maureen stiffened slightly, unaware of his bloodshot eyes or

your room at this

voice came out raspy and

the

be in my room right

Geoffrey’s throat tightened.

he understand why discovering Maureen’s absence had unleashed

respond, she asked,

her throat. She’s

Geoffrey answered truthfully.

Cut her throat…

admire Andrea’s ruthless

catch the

of that person, Geoffrey’s expression

that except for one fan, the

Geoffrey’s chest. Hearing this, she

“What does that mean?”

Adam’s apple bobbing slightly. “Did

Maureen would

mean Gareth wouldn’t hurt Andrea for Maureen’s

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her vision blurring with unshed

think I asked Gareth

she’d convinced herself she’d moved on from Geoffrey–yet this accusation stung like salt

grief–stricken gaze pierced Geoffrey like a needle. His lips parted: “Andrea saved my mother.

tell me directly. Don’t

away,

I resent her? That I want

I’d send

Where’s your proof?”

any hatred between Andrea and me, it’s

curling her lips. “What makes you think after five years,

pitch–black night, icy winds howled

numb to the cold as he closed the distance between them.

word: “I may be foolish,

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