concern aside witho
via was just exhausted and mo
alth, while Kaylee was the one who actual
ghtening in the silence before
," he said
they remarried in a year, he planned to settle the score
sing his influence, Callum had arranged for them
d a prepared divorce agreement from her b
palm slamming down on the documents to st
head, meeting hi
rrying himself with a polished, distan
stop the involuntary skip of her heart; he was
, believing they were building a life together. Now, sh
how it works, Callum. We sign the papers, and the
d struck her. "Oh, that's right. Yo
al page, and held out a pen. "I'm not asking for a se
Callum's temper began to flare, his
d the pen, his voice dropping to a frigid tone. "If this is a play for mor
quiet desperation of someone who had
self out, leaving behind a flat, managea
lf, she was staggered to realize he still viewed her as nothing
ny was
of calm. "There's no rush. Please, read ev
he had even inserted a new clause. "Every gift, every luxury, and even the
t. For a split second, he had the terrifying realizati
the ring was th
verything else, and seeing her d
ckly as it had come, replaced b
contract, the pressure to sign-he saw it as a desper
ng him. In his eyes, this was just an elabo
sed to play
d, fueling his resolve. With a sharp ache of sympathy for Kaylee
horitative, a reflection of his
a dark, suppressed fury. "You played your hand too aggressivel
The clock began ticking on the mandatory waiting
ia rose and made her
y dying, yet she was spending her remaining h
wave of vertigo through her, draining the last of the color
line of sight, his broad frame shielding her from the su
ke a hammer blow to the heart, while a sharp s
.. The man standing in front of her wa
curving into a ghost of a smile.
early see the day they got married, and Olivia's beaming f
ir shared happiness
t, a fleeting sensation that perh
married within the year anyway, so this separa
d, you should go home," he said
ake of her head. "I'm
d as he turned to loo
entials, so there's no reason to return. You can just toss the rest of my things. Now that the divorc
his was just another one of her dramat
ng, intense look. "Have
aylee was facing a terminal illness with only a year left; he b
heir paths finally diverging as they wa
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