Mind-Link's Lie: Love's Cruel Deception

clarity. It wasn't a flare of anger, but a cold, hard certainty. T

p investment in you. He expects more from the woman he loves. He will wait

and Kerr seemed to share the same vocabulary. Did he think she was a dog to be tr

he had passed every single one, sacrificing her dignity, her art, her very self on the altar of his suppose

n, had died. It hadn't been a sudden death. It was a slow, agonizing

afé. The papers were drawn up quickly. Divorce. Division of assets. She was e

raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you don't wan

just want what's mine by law

but with a hint of sympathy. "He'll need to sig

said, a plan already

er that first day. His social media, however, was unusually active. Photos of him and Gina at charity galas, at exclusive restaurants,

is making you jealous to remind you of what you stand

cold, handsome face, and felt nothing. Not jealousy

d her to him. The first painting he'd ever bought from her, a small, abstract piece she' d poured her heart into. She

irst anniversary. It was supposed to play her favorite classical piece

l-the photos, the gifts, the dried bouquet from their wedding-and

frame cracking, of porcelain shattering, was strangely

tems will be interpreted by Kerr as a direct rejection. His lov

ered to the empty a

de, a sleek black sports car

landing on her, then on the overflowing tr

" he asked, his voic

hloe replied,

l frame radiating a palpable a

" she said calmly, meeting

jaw tight, his hands clenched into fists.

-looking box. "Kerr, darling, you left y

mall, triumphant smile playing on her lips. Sh

replaced by a weary annoyance. H

m her without looking at her. He turned to Chloe, his expression a

ening just enough to be a slap in Chlo

on the small of her back, a gesture of casual i

she had a high fever. She' d asked him to get her a glass of water. He' d looked

to show her, he gave so freely

is removing Gina from the situation to deal with you

anymore. Love that had to be explained, that had to be "tested" and "proven" thr

e sound of his anger, of Gina's presence, of the chirping notifications, all faded