Chapter 8 His eyes, wide with disbelief, met hers.

“Sandra, are you out of your mind?”

Out of her mind? Yes, she was clearly insane to ever fall for him in the first place.

Sandra fumed silently, her heart pounding in her chest.

Suddenly, the sharp buzz of the phone on the table cut through the mounting tension, its vibration bringing a brief respite from their standoff.

Kristopher cast a fleeting glance at the message, shut off the phone with a snap, and strode towards the door, his back rigid with tension.

Her voice, firm and unwavering, chased after him.

“We’re getting a divorce! Make sure you sign those papers before you walk out that door!”

Kristopher paused briefly and said sharply, “I have something to do now.

When I return, do whatever pleases you.” With that, he forcefully shut the door.

Sandra’s eyes followed his unwavering exit, feeling an oppressive weight compressing her chest once again.

disregarded the sharp sting in her leg and hobbled determinedly toward her

she hastily navigated

just uploaded a

fever patch adhered to her forehead, still enveloped

read, “Being sick makes me extra

had

and take care,

two events made it almost impossible for Sandra not

proclaimed that this was no accident; Elijah had deliberately sought to tug

appeared her tactics were

Sandra’s stark threat of divorce could overshadow Elijah’s theatrical display of

with fury, Sandra quaked like a leaf swept into

against the heartache, forcefully ripping the

her skin, inflaming the wound until

too, could

harshest times back in the county, she had shown vulnerability, breaking down into soft sobs within

its time and place, and

exit forced Sandra to

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