Chapter 37

Chapter 57

The room fell silent the second I spoke. Everyone turned to stare at me like I’d lost my mind. And maybe I had.

What kind of wife claps for her husband singing a love song with another woman? A smart one–because I had a plan. Jared told me not to bring up divorce again, so I’d just nudge things along another way.

Tracy was running out of time. She wanted my place badly. If she turned up the pressure on Jared, he’d give it a deep thought and cave eventually. And when he did, he’d come to me with that polite, detached tone and ask for a divorce–just

like last time.

In my previous life, he’d offered me the villa, 8% of his company shares, and some prime commercial properties. The only thing he wouldn’t compromise on was our daughter’s custody. On paper, it was more than enough to set me up for life.

believed holding onto that marriage meant security—that as long as I had him

cruel way of teaching lessons. It wasn’t sudden disasters that wore me down, but the slow erosion of countless sleepless nights.

I withdrew from friends, unable

snapped me back. My applause must have pissed him off because he snatched his blazer and strode

of my coffee, and gave the room a breezy wave. “Enjoy the rest

so soon?” Tracy rushed to

on my daughter.” Then he disappeared into the elevator, leaving me

collected, untouchable. But for just a second, when our

just sneered. Go ahead. Lose your temper. Let him see the

she

sealing us in silence. Then, out of nowhere, Jared pulled

floor, a woman stepped in holding her kid’s hand. Without hesitation, Jared snapped the cigarette in half and crumpled

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