Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Grant didn't say a word.

Back when Cindy was with him, her life was pure luxury-jewelry, limited edition bags, anything she wanted, he bought it for her. But now the company was bankrupt, and suddenly she wanted out. She was ready to ditch him and their kid to find her next ticket to the good life. Like life was really that simple.

She was fine sharing the highs, but the moment things got tough, she was gone. Grant just couldn't swallow that.

So as far as he was concerned, there was no way he was agreeing to this divorce.

He trusted what Allison said—not just because of what she knew, but because he'd seen firsthand how Cindy looked down on Allison, even going out of her way to humiliate her more than once.

Brooklyn started the car, and the white Rolls-Royce eased out of the underground parking lot.

"Mr. Reynolds, I'm on my way to the hospital to talk things over-does that work for you?" Allison asked.

Grant hesitated, but finally said, "Yeah, that's fine."

"And please, Mr. Reynolds, could you make sure anyone not involved steps out?" Allison added.

She meant Cindy and Shawn. Last thing she wanted was them butting in while they talked about the case.

Grant's voice was low. "Got it."

Twenty minutes later.

the hospital, Allison and

him, flashing a bright,

pretend to

just to fight with him. He felt like his head was going to split

"There are plenty of lawyers in Oak

are a lot of lawyers, sure-but not everyone

family's bankrupt. From

the divorce-she only paid her eight grand. Cindy

tightened, but he didn't

what's actually at stake. And

There was barely anything left to

Grant, eight thousand dollars was still a lot-it was more than a

for his whole

was he supposed to find the money to

pick me and tried someone else, if I gave them a heads-up, do you really think any firm in Oak Lake would take

was telling the

another lawyer-she was the daughter of Javier Owens, the richest man in

the Owens family in

a genius to figure out which side to