My mind went totally blank for a moment. 1 million dollars a year and a cut of the profits, tost

instantly turned into a calculator, crunching the numbers; there was no way could lose on this deal.

way I coul

Jared really got me. He knew I had been all about the money lately, so he just kept trying to win me over with cash.

He was such a sly, scheming guy. But what about his temper? Didn’t he get mad about what I said that night Why was he playing it so cool now!

I knocked on his office door. Jared was sitting in his big black leather chair, smoking. When he saw me come in, he quickly stubbed out his cigarette and looked up at me, his eyes deep and intense.

I walked up to him, but before I could say anything, he slid a contract across the desk. “If you’re worried I might be pulling lawyer friend take a look,”

I didn’t even bother with the contract. I just stared at him, baffled. “Jared, what exactly are you trying to do?”

A faint smile tugged at his lips. “Can’t you tell? I’m trying to get you to stay.”

“There’s no point,” I said, my voice icy.

you can have your.

“I get it.” Jared nodded. “But if you want to fly high, you need to grow your wings first. Stay here, build up your skills, and you’ll be unstoppable out

there.”

“I’m not letting you buy me off,” I snapped.

“Buy you off? Please. You’re not freeloading; you’re working, and you deserve every penny. That’s just how it works” Jared leaned back, looking all calculating. “I know you want a divorce, but now’s just not the right time.

“Not to mention whether our parents could even handle it, and Yvonne definitely doesn’t want to see us split. Victoria, let’s just take a breather and think

things through”

looked at Jared, honestly shocked. He was actually giving in.

I kept silent, but my thoughts were all over the place. I always thought divorce would be straightforward, but now Jared was refusing to let me go, and honestly, it was really getting on my nerves.

if you refuse to divorce me, our marriage is already over. Could you really handle a marriage without sex?” I knew he was still

“Is this your way of punishing

shook my head. “It’s not about punishment. Like I said before, a woman only opens her legs for the man she

then finally nodded. “Alright,

stared at me

honestly stunned. Jared actually agreed to live a bland,

laid out, but legal stuff isn’t really my thing. I

Seeing me poring over the contract, he told me, “We already signed an agreement, every cent you earn is yours. You don’t have to worry about

exactly

give it everything I’ve got,” I said. Since Jared wasn’t letting me walk away, work was all

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I’m the one with all the advantages in this marriage, standing above it all, but honesty, I’m the one of your

stopped in my tracks,

his lips. “It’s like that. A church thrives when tended with devotion. Candles flicker

it crumbles into a forgotten ruin, in this marriage, that seems like you’re begging for scraps of affection.

stand here offering half my soul. Come or go. Your choice wears the crown. All I can do? Plead through tears,

was surprised that Jared could actually get all poetic

Guess you’re just not used to losing your VIP treatment, huh?” I crossed my arms, smirking at him. “Feeling itchy?

that, I left him to his tragic monologue and

stepped into the hallway, I saw Tracy

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went totally blank for a moment. 1 million

calculator, crunching the mumbers; there was no way I could lose

the money lately, so he just kept trying to

he get mad

leather chair, smoking. When he saw me come in, he quickly stubbed out

he slid a contract across the desk. “If you’re worried I might be pulling something you can

didn’t even bother with the contract. I just stared at him, baffled. “Jared, what exactly are you trying to

faint smile tugged at his lips. “Can’t you tell? I’m trying to get you to

I said, my

“But if you want to fly high, you need to grow your wings first. Stay here, build up your skills, and you’ll be unstoppable

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