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It was unbelievable. After all that had happened, he still thought this was about me wanting something from him-like a wedding could somehow replace the life we lost.

"No," I said firmly. "I've decided to divorce you."

His patience snapped. "Doris, what more do you want? Isn't the

wedding what you've been asking for? I'm agreeing to it now!"

"Agreeing?" I almost laughed at the absurdity of it. For ten years, I loved him so deeply that I lost my own self-worth. Even when people thought I was the mistress, I stayed. I endured everything because I

loved him.

love-and even having Oliver-weren't enough to win

saw him with Sienna, saw the gentleness he could show, that I realized he was capable of love. Just not

it anymore. I didn't want him. I didn't want to be

to the villa my mother left me. She had always said it was meant to be my safe haven, my "tree hole" where I could retreat when things

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locked myself inside, staring at Oliver's picture. I cried until there were no more

had no family left in the world, and I felt

unnoticed and alone.

my surprise, Nathan

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