entirely and walked straigh
the corner closet sat a heavy wooden chest that had carried her few pers
to the center of the ro
the full-page portrait of their ceremony at St. Bartholomew's. In th
heavy glossy page and rippe
otograph into the cold
rom their first year of courtship, the stub from their first symphony concert at Carnegie Hall,
eyes widening in horror as she saw t
.. what are
chest and pulled out her wedding gown-a custom Italian silk
she had believed this dress was the start of a share
ntle. She touched the flame to the corner of an old ann
ntly, licking up thro
rectly into the flames. The delicate fabric crackled, blackening and curli
aitlin's pale face, the older woman lowered her head. Without a word, Martha pulled
s burn until the bodice
d down the hall into G
Greyson had an international video conference scheduled with his European partners in tw
legally binding divorce settlement Chloe had emailed her that
, right behind a dense fifty-page financial disclosure annex, and
perfectly with the standard
and returned to her private
ree changes of simple clothing, her legal identification, and th
at diamond eternity band
ow glowing with dying embers. She set the heavy platinum ring
ibrated in
m at the
son's voice boomed down through
ll is that tea? Did yo
d up her suitcase, walked to the
he front steps. Chloe stepped out of the driver's side
Caitlin reached the driveway. "
e back. Chloe hit the accelerator, and the sports car surged past the
itlin asked, leaning her head ag
the road. "You rest today. Tomorrow, we start dismantli
kyline rising in the distance. "He's too arrogant t
rinned
f his personal assets under New York law.
Caitlin replied quietly. "
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