Fair play

the soft light of dawn filt

mind groggy and disorient

t rushed back to her- the k

s arms a

tled deep in her stom

y peacefully beside her, hi

e looked so content, so at

had crossed a line. Despi

ity and cruelty, she had be

ill hi

Catherine wrapped herself i

with guilt and confusion.

his position-never imagined

atter how ter

d made her turn. Adam was a

on one elbow. There was a

shake the knot of

y," Adam said,

tighter around her shoulder

is," she whispered, he

d he sat up fully, pulli

on't do this

, her voice trembling. "I don

ecome wha

e side of the bed, his expr

irmly. "Catherine, your husb

t even exist. He cheats on

Why do you still

nds trembling as she wiped

't know how to just..

, gently turning her to fa

ut filled with emotion. "Y

ng you like a property, lik

e better than that. Yo

his words echoing in her

ual, had never shown her a

the fear of what James would

saying, I do," she whispe

ul. He'll take

ly on her shoulders. "You d

eave yet. Have

ook he

olding her hands. "I'll be wi

ave to do t

meeting his gaze. "But...

y life...it's

ere kids, Catherine," Adam

er since we were in Ozyna,

g what you've endured-it br

I don't care about James. I

you, both of you. I'll work h

ld a life

s eyes again, but this time i

surge of emotions that Ada

And he was offering her a

rom the chains

heart torn between fear an

lways been there for her,

couldn't stay with

d softly. "I'll start t

relief washing over him. He

ove and de

sell some of my paintings, get

have everyth

heavy but resolute. She lean

hat she would no l

*

returned from his trip to B

ne was at home that mornin

n the hallway, but this time

e, she h

explaining everything-her m

lawyer listened carefully,

divorce, though it would l

ut Catherine didn't car

paperwork, and as she sign

ed over her. It was happeni

rom his trip, Catherine had

ion she knew w

id coldly, her heart

r, tossing his keys onto t

bothering to ask

l. The man had no shame, no

et him intimid

firmly, her voice steady de

ls

ning as he turned slowly to

irk spreading

?" he asked, h

Catherine repeated,

el sound that echoed throug

rything I have done for you

ne- I o

wn her spine, but she refu

not your property.

I paid a good amount for yo

tion with my father. Then y

eat me like thrash. I'm lea

mor

oice low and menacing. "You

his foolish idea of yours. If

way everything. You'll

thin her ribcage, but she

e already spoke

s darkening with fury. He g

nywhere," he hissed. "I'll de

e

ars, Catherine felt somethin

-defi

, through gritted teeth her

be. "I'm not afra

r and she landed on the gr

hattered. The nanny rushed

e noticed that Cathe

he called. "A

think we need to take he

business. Don'

leaving them there. He wa

e," he thought. "What am I

o his room, his phone rang

peak of t

er," he said as