Countdown to My Divorce

Of course Rachel couldn’t give Cassandra a direct answer. If she said anything now, Cassandra would be the first to run and tell William.

William was already suspicious of her. If she slipped up even a little, he would find out.

Just as Rachel was weighing her options and trying to figure out how to respond, the sound of footsteps echoed from outside. “Mom, I’m home.”

Rachel sighed quietly in relief at the sound of William’s voice.

Cassandra also dropped the questioning as soon as William appeared. She turned around and smiled warmly as she walked over to him. “William, what took you so long?”

“Traffic was bad, Mom.”

Then came a sweet and obedient voice from the entryway.

“Good evening, Mrs. Lewis. I’m one of William’s employees. You probably remember me.”

Rachel felt a sudden chill run down her spine. She stood there frozen. A moment later, she forced herself to turn around.

Sure enough, Samantha was standing right next to William.

He had brought her home.

Samantha for a long moment before she came back to

I didn’t think you’d still

such warmth it was like night and

remember. Everyone knows you and William went to school together. But what happened to your

I fell during a team building event with Rachel earlier today. It’s nothing serious. William already took me to get

Rachel’s name came up, Cassandra turned and snapped, “Rachel, we have a guest. Why are you just standing there? Go brew

atmosphere in the room immediately grew

paused in stunned disbelief. They all gave Cassandra odd looks. There

was clear Cassandra was deliberately putting Rachel in her place by treating her like

second before lifting her chin and offering a

that, don’t we? Besides, I’m all thumbs in the kitchen. What if I don’t get the coffee Ms.

immediately. “Didn’t your family teach you how to

right and

to brew coffee. William didn’t marry me just

hit its mark perfectly, making Cassandra’s

retort, Rachel turned toward one of the maids. “Leia, please prepare a cup of coffee for

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