The Fifth Anniversary

with a checkbook in his hand. He found me

with false sincerity. "I'll give you a generous settlement. Enough for you to start over, be comfortable. You just have to be coo

ved, and all I saw was a cowa

money, Liam," I s

ur house like a ghost, collecting the pieces of my lif

the closet. I left behind everything he had ever given me. I didn't want any part of him. The act of packing was a fina

ce papers, and had them sent by a courier to Liam' s office. I imagined the moment the

r satisfaction. It was a declarati

ed it. Then it rang again. Blocked. A few minutes later, there was a frantic banging on my fr

into the house. "After everything this family has given you, this is

g my ground. "And me. And our marriage. This is n

resulting in a child! A Thorne heir! You should be more

re while she berated me, her words washing o

girl. She understands what a man like Liam needs. She's alr

nd took out my wedding ring. It was a simple, elegant band that Liam had designed h

he weight of a thousand broken promises. Then, I closed the box and push