After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 56

With the wedding imminent, I still had a few essentials to collect.

Gavin, clearly out of his element, insisted on accompanying me. Being virtual strangers, I couldn't politely decline.

We passed a boutique jewelry store where an overly enthusiastic clerk practically pulled us inside. Her effervescent manner made refusal impossible.

The shop's intimate ambiance was surprisingly comforting.

As I browsed the rings, one particular design caught my eye.

I was about to stop Gavin from purchasing it when fatigue washed over me. As I turned to leave, a familiar voice cut through the air.

"Yvonne!"

like audiences

face impassive, to find Luke clutching the ring I'd been examining. He looked uncertain, almost

How could I forget?

with a

materialized.

reaching for

and me,

yanked my hand away, and the ring sailed into the

A heavy silence descended.

personal space," I said, voice

as if struck. "Yvonne, isn't this what you've always wanted? We

was

had happened before discovering his infidelity, before enduring three solitary abortions... perhaps I would have tearfully claimed that