Vineyards Of Deception

ords were so quiet she was not

instead; she seemed to have inflicted most of the damage on both of them. A few of her nails were broken and her fists were bruised from when she had managed to land a few angry punches against his hard body. She turned around to face him and was shocked to realize that she had m

heepishly, he looked idly down at

om his; she was not sure what this weird act was about and definitely did not trust it. His eyes darkened at her mistr

e while he hadn't ever said the words, she knew that he blamed her for the baby she had lost early on in their marriage. The fact that she hadn't

pered, ignoring the apology

She was intensely aware of his eyes boring into her back as she walked away

riage was her fault because when she had realized that she was pregnant she had wished the child away and worse, after she had lost the baby she had been ashamed to realize that relief was mingled in along with the heartbreak. She had hated herself for that, and had felt that there was so

ancy. She had felt so terrible about her reaction to the baby that she had never told them, feeling that her behavior had been indefensibl

had quickly grabbed from her chest on drawers in the master suite. Despite the drama of the day, she fell asleep almost immediately. She didn't know

-in housekeeper. Despite the fact that his voice had been only a harsh whisper through the wood, she was in no doubt that he was absolutely livid. She stood staring up at him in the dim light and was

oing in here?"

about her moving out of their bedroom but it was completely out of character for him to actually come thumping on her bedroom door demanding an explanation in the dead of night! She had expected a cold and controlled conver

he pertinent question is why?" And she could

gged again. "Just this morning I told you I wanted a divorce, so it wouldn't fee

ridiculous,"

making sense for the first

last word. "...sleeps with me. You will come back to our b

t if he chose to do as he threatened, she would definitely lose to his s

ight?" He sounded frankly astonished by that, as aston

ed and he took a threa

ly, his eyes raking dismissively over her thin, shivering, t-shirt clad body an

ng to you," s

ge amounts of money for you... t

talking about," she protested in

Come on, we're going to bed!" He grabbed her hand and tugged her back toward their bedroom a few doors down the hall. She was so shocked by the abrup