Chapter 241

Gregory left the words, giving me a look. “What are you waiting for? Let’s go.”

“Okay.”

He was tall with long legs, and his strides were wide. I struggled to keep up, hampered by the hem of my cocktail dress.

A forceful grip caught my wrist from behind as we were about to leave the hotel. “Jane!”

I stopped, tuming to face Bryant, his expression cold and forbidding. Calming my emotions, I asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

“What do you want, Mr. Ferguson?” Gregory turned, an eyebrow quirked in question.

Bryant’s eyes were filled with a stormy gloom. “Interfering in marital affairs now, Mr. Ford?”

“No interest in that. Gregory chuckled, “Just a friendly reminder, Mr. Ferguson, bigamy is against the law.”

me away without another

wait for you in the car.”

pace. He dragged me to a deserted area, slamming me against a wall. His

an

wall sent a sharp pain across my shoulder blades, and I retorted,

mistaken it, we were nothing more than a signature away from divorce. All I wanted was a clean break. I didn’t

“It doesn’t concern me?

“What do you mean?”

usually so deep and captivating,

of desolation. After loving this man deeply for over eight years, seeing him like this stirred something

a bitter smile on

had been jealous of his interactions with Margaret countless times before. But as he repeatedly favored and chose anyone but me, I

when it happened. Was it when Bryant gave the promotion to Margaret that should have been mine? Was it their playful bickering? Or when he sent me to the ultrasound appointment alone for Margaret? Or the countless times he broke his promises? Or perhaps when he

guarded affection faded more each time until it was all gone. I was suddenly grateful he never chose me.

my shoulder gradually slid down, ending with

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