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Yolanda sat down on the edge of the bed first and picked up her tablet to check her assets.

Charles took a set of pajamas from the closet and went into the shower.

The sound of water filled the bathroom. Yolanda lowered her lashes, wondering how much money she could get if she divorced him.

Charles never loved her. Their marriage was only because of the ties between the Grant family and the Sinclair family–or more exactly, because of his friendship with her so–called brother.

Yolanda was only the adopted daughter of the Grants.

As she swiped across the screen, a wave of steam drifted over her. Charles rested his chin on her shoulder and quietly looked at the files on her tablet.

“Thinking about divorce?” he asked carelessly, then slid his finger to the previous page. “Have you thought about the cost of leaving me?”

The cost was clear: she would get nothing.

Yolanda had wasted two years by his side, living as a full–time housewife. She couldn’t walk away empty–handed.


proud. “I’ve been busy

and

The Grant

“When you married me, you said you didn’t care if I loved you, as long as you could

her

had only been two years, yet hearing her old promise

be moved. Born into wealth, used to admiration, he had long been bored with

himself too noble. He always looked down on women like Yolanda, raised in big families

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the Grant family would never have

marriage. A pretty

more of his cruel words. But tonight

on.

color drained from Yolanda’s

had loved him for years, yet he always faced

lost too completely. If she made a scene,

eyes shut and raised a

he had said plenty of mean words, but she never argued back. Even in bed, she was dull. He

lay down and closed his

steady did Yolanda slowly sit up. She looked at him and,

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