After She She Stopped Loving Him

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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.

forceful and proud. “I’ve been

lay down, and

be easy. The Grant family would

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

froze, her

had only been two years, yet hearing her

moved. Born into wealth, used to admiration, he

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

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she hadn’t been, the Grant family would never have taken

purpose–for marriage. A

her eyes, not wanting to hear more of his cruel words.

if they’re not watered,” he went on. “If you’re too lonely, find another man to

of color drained from

she had loved him for years, yet he always faced her with that cold, calculating

had lost too completely. If she made a scene, she would only look like

her eyes

past two years, he had said plenty of mean words, but she never argued back.

and closed

up. She looked at him and, for a moment, truly wanted to stab