Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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88 How Can I? (Jayden)

I punched the wall at the beach house. The impact sends a jolt of pain through my knuckles, but I don't care. Gordon Brown watches on, unaffected, his arms crossed and his expression unreadable.

"I can't do this, I can't hurt her like this." I rub the pain in my knuckles away, the ache a distraction from the turmoil inside me.

"It's the best way to get a real confession. Ashlyn has to believe you are on her side and against Winona.. Winona has to believe that too," Gordon says, his tone firm and unyielding.

There must be another way. Winona won't let on if she knows I'm pretending," I argue, pacing back and forth, the tension in my body coiled tight like a spring.

"She also won't react in the same way, and if Ashlyn gets a sniff of trickery, we lose the only chance we've got" Gordon counters, his eyes boring into mine.

"What's the next move?" I ask, stopping in my tracks and facing him.

"You take Ashlyn home," he replies, his voice steady and unwavering.

"Home?" I echo, a sense of dread at leaving Winona in the jail at Santa Monica creeping into my gut. "The penthouse?"

"Yes. Get back into normal life. Be CEO, be a doting husband. Then we'll get Winona and Ashlyn together somehow to get the confession."

sure Winona is safe," I warn, my voice

guarantee it. Before long she'll be back home as well and

will tip her further over the edge," I admit, running a hand through my hair in frustration. "She'll get

my voice breaking slightly at

can't protect her. High profile people don't have an easy

down on me. It's the best chance I have at clearing Winona's name. My blindness and stupidity got her into this situation. Whatever happens because of this decision, I'll just have to deal with it later.

you through my

sure it's

door closes behind him with a heavy thud, echoing in the empty room. Looks like I'll be back running my company very

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doesn't have any hold over the company now. Even though Nexus Global is the parent company, Brennan Industries runs individually. There's nothing

stayed married to my mother if I wasn't his child. It would have been far easier to divorce her and give her money. Maybe I'll never understand it. All I know is that I suffered all those years and I didn't have

and Anne have settled back into the rental cottage. They will, of course, go back to Winona's townhouse when I leave, and I think, after some time, Bobby and Sarah may be

Anne.

try despite her being older. She's just been bored while Abby's been here with us. Plus, Abby will go to preschool perhaps,

been deprogrammed. I know Winona would be very wary as well. But that's

don't trust that she won't do something even more

and me together. I don't care what she wants anymore. She's not running my life. I have a session with the hypnosis therapist next month. The first

I don't want any huge thing to be revealed. I have enough going on. I need to go see Ashlyn and start her believing that it's her

pick up Ashlyn. My mind is a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions as I drive. Winona's face, the hurt

lighting up when she sees me.