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."

safe," I warn, my voice low

be

afraid this will tip her further over the edge," I admit, running a hand through my hair in

forever," I say, my voice breaking slightly at the

be in jail where we can't protect her. High profile people don't have an

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 can't tell anyone what's happening. I can't see you again until it's all

contact you through my

it's

and Gordon leaves. The door closes behind him with a heavy thud, echoing in the empty room. Looks like I'll be back running my company very soon wonder if Gus has used his contacts to know I've bought

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fight me on it, but he doesn't have any hold over the company

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 to. My mother had better have a good explanation. She and Gus. I could never do

rental cottage. They will, of course, go back to Winona's townhouse when I leave, and I think, after some time, Bobby

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been bored while Abby's been here with us.

I need some solid proof he's been deprogrammed. I know Winona would be very wary as well. But that's in the future, for now, it's all

put away for a long time. I don't trust that she

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

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 I want. Nausea rises

head to the hospital to pick up Ashlyn. My mind is a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions as I drive. Winona's face, the hurt and betrayal that will be there when she knows what I'm doing, haunts me. It tears me apart, but I push those feelings down. I need

waiting, her eyes lighting up when she sees me. I put a fake smile on my face,