Fair play

'll be better if I inf

e. I'm sure he won't mind,"

ith a smile

and and she was he

tated looking towards the door

over his

him off, waving a hand dism

. He won

further, Catherine was alrea

softly against the tiled fl

would appreciate the effort

y rekindled

racing with excitement sinc

James' empire. She clutched

f the warm, freshly cooked

She had spent the entire mo

e him with a personal touc

hare before their relat

woman that changed the dyna

tted with her because of

y were good t

irst two years of their mar

eturned to the country and t

rought up the issue of divorc

for

he spark back into their ma

to be wasted. She wanted h

r power to make her marria

here

or, tapped lightly once, the

the handle and

hattered in

es' desk, sat his secreta

rray, and their bodies tangl

smelled of betrayal, and the

abrupt halt as t

She dropped the basket of fo

hrough the room. The wrapped

ct carpet. For a second,

hat she saw unfolding be

sque

secretary, adjusting his

d during a business meeti

ayal. Someone caught in

his eyes narrowing. "What t

oat, and she felt the sting

e for this. She had come

ng, to try and rebuil

she stammered, h

u that I'm hun

, James. I just wan

into one of pure disdain.

enacing authority. "Don't

permissi

his anger before his hand c

the emotional pain that f

r hand flying to

e whispered, tears spilli

e had once loved so

ome pathetic homemade mea

e spilled contents of the

neatly wrapped gift she ha

across the room. It crashed

lass echoing

said harshly. "And I certain

with your ridiculous,

e slap, and Catherine stood

had known their marriage w

She had thought he might sti

ave. But standing here, in h

ding eye contact, she realiz

ed coldly. "If you ever com

re will be consequence

eathe through the pain. S

hin the crushing w

r again as he returned to hi

e last few years of their

rine bent down to collect t

she had cooked with such l

pointless now. She couldn'

ed the broken pie

ance at James, Catherine tur

d shame from the embarrass

uld feel the pitiful look,

taff. These were the people

walked past just a few mi

g their

anything else as she rushe

no idea how she made it to

away from the humiliation,

she took felt heavier than

o close in on her

ords played over and over i

than th

het

isgus

s come to use in describing

how pathetic and useless sh

back to herself after leavi

useless t

lege because her step-moth

o train both her and her st

re

cally sold to James, since

d him. She believed that at l

o she doesn't fee

ce more proven that she is

employees. She bit down on

ow had her life become suc

she o

ng her arrival in the parkin

misted with tears, and as s

g toward her unti