Divorcing The Billionaire: The Hidden Tech Tycoon

milton did not come home. Instead, he threw a multimillio

t bedroom at Hamilton Manor, staring

coal suit, his arm draped around Anabella Mullins-Manhattan's golden girl, fresh

the screen, her phone buz

lashed across

efore she could say a word, a woman's sweet,

ht," Anabella purred, close enough to the phone t

o makes an amazing herbal broth for an upset stomac

n the line, his voice cold and clip

broth to the VIP lounge at the Park Hyatt

chest didn't even ache anymore. Two years of a secret marriage, icy neglect,

ce quiet and flat. "Do you r

Chas let out an

e contract," he said coldly. "Don't try to play the victim with me tonight, Gracie.

ic

ne wen

phone. The bedside lamp caught the faded burn scar

ay into his bed. He didn't know she had only signed that degrading two-year co

th of ten years ago: the girl who had pulled him back f

mmed her own light, and put up with his cruelt

woman who had stolen her past, she

screen, a custom countdown timer flashed in st

would automatically expire. She didn't want a single ce

om Gonzalo Bailey, the CEO of Apex Innovations

e, Gracie had been a computer science prodigy at Columbia Universit

e? How much longer are you going to waste your life playing housewif

g numbers, her gaze steady

and tell my divorce attorney to have the papers re

stood up, and walked do

dy simmering on the stove-a habit she had kept for two years bec

very last time she

rmos and locked the lid. Thomas, the elderly butler, hurr

ating with Miss Mullins," Thomas whispered anxiously. "Let th

"The contract ends in thirty days. Until the clock runs out, I'll hold up my

edan pulled into the undergroun

ing into the quiet, carpeted hallway outside the VIP lounge, she he

ogany doors of the private lounge,

rooch would be mine. You really spoil me," Anabella giggled softly. "What if

a softness Gracie had never

hesitation. "Once the two-year contract is up next month, I'll toss her a check

listened as the man she had loved

nd her eyes stayed completely

and knocked three ti

. The broth y

. A second later, heavy footsteps app

ning the moment his gray eyes landed on Gracie's

furrowing in irritation. "Showing up in front of my guests loo

g designer gown with a glittering emerald brooch pinned to her chest. Triu

wanted to taste your cooking," Anabella said sweetl

ance. She lifted her chin, meeting Cha

aid, holding out the thermos like a courie

is dark gray

r eyes had been full of quiet longing, hurt, or

him as if he were nothing. And sh

notted in Chas's gut. He hated the way

he handle of the thermos, his warm fingers

k as if she'd touched something foul, she pulled an alcohol wipe from h