Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Nadine couldn’t understand why Brad refused to go through with the divorce.

It didn’t make sense that he wouldn’t want to marry Jean when he loved her and cherished her as much.

as he would a precious porcelain doll.

At this rate, he would be doing her a disservice by not making an honest woman out of her,

Nadine had once foolishly believed that her dedication and loyalty could win Brad over. She thought she

could break through his walls and melt that frozen heart of his.

That was until she saw the way he treated Jean at the hospital.

Nadine realized then that she had been too naive. Brad did not love her, and her existence was nothing

more than a thom in his side.

Having come to terms with brutal reality, Nadine made up her mind to divorce Brad.

However, Brad threw her a curveball by getting angry at the mention of the divorce and refusing to go through with it. His reaction was maddening, to say the least.

Desperation seized Nadine as she demanded, “If you love her, marry her. Show her you mean it by choosing to spend the rest of your life with her. Wouldn’t you want that?”

She saw no point in tying herself to Brad now that she had accepted the truth. The more desperate she was to hold onto this relationship, the faster it slipped away.

It was time Nadine did them both a favor and freed them from this loveless marriage. They wo

happier that way.

Brad snorted and licked the corner of his lips.

both be

He eyed the ashen–faced woman before him scornfully as he drawled, “You’re good at spinning all this sensible bullshit, Nadine, but where was your voice of reason when you schemed to marry me?

“Don’t you think it’s too little and too late for you to tell me these things now? I wasted five years of my life on you! Do you expect me to forgive you just like that?”

All the blood had drained from Nadine’s face as she met his gaze. She was shivering like a half–drowned animal, her fear palpable.

And yet, the determination in her eyes did not waver as she stared at him.

Brad nearly scoffed at the absurdity of the situation. He had never been toyed around like this by a

woman before.

think so little of him that she presumed she could marry and divorce him on a

against that wall and made her moan

realized she was not getting through to Brad, she abandoned her

and pulled down her dress, ready to retreat to

bedroom.

when her knees gave out. She staggered and fell face–first toward

her nose on the floor, a strong

pulled her upright.

want to look at Brad’s perfectly chiseled face. She turned to look

“I don’t need your false

mouth, she couldn’t help the warmth that surged

the time, and he

divorce coupled with the way he had saved her from the fall just

if she was allowed

was about to say something when his phone rang. He pulled it out and saw

Jean.

go of Nadine when he registered the caller ID and put the call

his eyes was too much for her to look at. Whatever warmth had coursed

and braced a hand against the wall as she slowly made her

At that moment,

leaving the Hamilton Estate, Jean had not run far. She had been waiting for Brad to find her, but for some

again, she had no choice but to swallow her pride

where are you?”

his phone

find you right now!”

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go

her address and said, “It’s cold here, Brad. I’m scared, and

me there. Don’t

a hurry after

second floor, Nadine had only just turned around when she

her ashen face as she told

in love behaved, and she certainly had never been on the

love her, and he couldn’t care

the bedroom and began

autumn rain brought with it a bone–piercing

third floor of Hamilton

large enough to fit three people, but because Brad was usually here to occupy the space

if she were lying in an icy cellar. Her bones ached from the chill in the air that

the heater, the lower half

though she had been sawed in two, and what little warmth provided by the covers could only. envelope half

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