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of our villa, holding a war
wall showed sev
time Adrian us
had learned to cook it durin
good. Just once. That single sent
nt door
art j
a small smile forming o
was tall and handsome, wearing a black suit
ct, he did not look at the soup in m
walked straight to the
ade my fingers tigh
t me put the s
you did not eat l
at me, his eyes we
ed." H
e from his briefcase an
was soft, but it fe
velope. My heart st
hat" I aske
fa, his posture relaxed.
ivorce hit
he. I stood there, frozen, the s
coming home earlier, I imagined him smiling at me, I imag
" I
trange, like it did
gs. "This marriage ha
oftly, with
have meaning
tly. "Do not make
urt more than
had tried my best
to prepare breakfast even t
ight even though he rarely
lence, his distan
elf love could grow with time but now he w
o the table and p
s were
ause of he
d for a second,
ed bit
he city knew Adrian Blake had
was his first love, the w
hs ago. After that, Adrian s
ck," he sai
cannot let her be
at him in
e to protect her r
n," he replied calmly. "Yo
an envelop
money. It is enough f
So this was what our thr
wly on the chai
, trying to keep
hy we got married"
my chest felt tight. "Yo
be a Blake wife, you needed a wife, I
"That is why we s
ded s
rt hurt like this I picked up the div
ar and clean He had
ought about this
u want it do
row." H
fast'' l asked t
single word mad
s if he was surprised.
I said.
there was sil
y, beg or ask him to recons
continued. "But I h
ed slightly. "W
have nothing to do with each other. If we mee
at me for
nodded.
p the pen o
me, memories flash
dding room, the nights I waited alon
d signing, my
papers back t
them and
sistant contact you
efore leaving, he stopped. "You c
he door closed s
hoed in the
re for a l
d gone cold. I looked at
l, I covered my mouth, a
lake, even though he
, I packed
hes, documents, and a small box
s a certificate,
hed it
gave up my career
er, I was leavin
I looked around the villa one last t
g, the divorce
noon, I
at the woman he divorced that day was n
ould regret signing those papers more than anythi
ivil office alone, holding the
un was
my head
black car st
stepp
me smiling, something stra
rst time,
and he did not know yet that thi
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