Goodbye, My Heartless Husband

might as well have been strangers. At that moment, Michael looked more irri

d toward Hayley, her voice edged with mockery. "So w

ened before she looked away and played innoce

t want to take Michael to see a men's health specialist. He didn't even make it thirty minute

tunned. She had sent that photo to embarrass Noreen, never im

ression. His face had gone completely dark. The look on him

could rot for

.

ened eyes, looking as though she'd bee

e, doesn't she? This happened because I crossed a line. I shouldn't have gotten s

to her," Michael sa

-a means of satisfying his needs whenever the demands of life became unbearable. As long as she

had no feelings for Noreen. That much was obvious. Yet despite that, he seemed incapable of completely distancin

to him than anyone else, becoming someone special in his life. Yet even aft

el's "peculiar ailment." While they rode in the car, she quietly slipp

. "You actually have some free time today. Would

other man would have been distracted by the soft, enticing body leaning against him. Michael, however,

Michael lifted a hand and turned t

ter," he remarked evenly. "M

r through her body. Swallowing her pride, Hayley tugged her jacket o

.

taxi, when a black Maybach glided to a stop at the curb direct

chiseled side profile came into view. "Get

the short time it had been sitting there, a line of vehicles had already begun piling up behind it. Unwilling to at

n heavy. Michael sat beside her with the same c

al?" he demanded, a hard ed

her knees. The dryness in her throat made even the simplest words feel heavy

her take pills more than once over the years. The thought of asking what they were for

ker of warmth crossed his striking features. His expression remained

at she represented. If she died, he'd have to spend time searching for another woman who

andoned every last bit of restraint. "Yes," she

rless curve. That sliver of disdain struck harder tha

derstood. He hadn't believ

nship and maneuvered her way into becoming his wife. To him, her claim wasn't the truth

g scenery beyond the window. A quiet laugh esc

and her features delicate to begin with, the illness only made her seem more fragile. There was an almost

at the one weakness Michael

her body, all of it. It wasn't simple attraction anymore. It had l

this "peculiar ailment." Yet all those efforts seemed meaningless now. With her sitting only inches away, the discipline he had painstaking