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.

of him that she presumed she could marry

her moan his name if she

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

hand against the wall, she straightened up and

bedroom.

gave

her nose on the floor, a strong

pulled her upright.

look at Brad’s perfectly chiseled face. She turned to look the other way

need your false

words left her mouth, she couldn’t help the

most of the time, and he was apathetic to

didn’t want to go through with the divorce coupled with the way he had saved her from the

if she was allowed such

rang. He pulled it out and saw

Jean.

Nadine when he registered the caller ID and put the call through. “Jeanie,”

the loving look in his eyes was too much for her to

against the wall

in her steps. At that moment, she was but a forlorn silhouette on the

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

pouring again, she had no choice but to swallow

are you?”

clutched his phone tighter. “Jeanie, where

find you right now!”

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go

cold here,

there. Don’t

left in a hurry after

Nadine had only just turned

disappointment coloring her ashen face as she told herself to take a good, long look

in love behaved, and she certainly

love her, and he couldn’t care less about

bedroom and began

autumn rain brought with

the third floor of Hamilton Estate, Nadine lay awake

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

that Nadine was alone in bed, she couldn’t help feeling as if she were lying in an icy cellar. Her bones ached from the

though she had turned on the heater, the lower half of her body still felt

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

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