Chapter 17

The divorce signing came three months later.

Everything had exploded in those months. The stock transfers, Sarah defecting to our competitor, the bigamy scandal breaking, Claire being destroyed on social media, Nathan losing control of his company, the divorce battle…

Dad orchestrated it all while I found peace studying with an artist in the mountains.

When Dad said it was over, I couldn’t believe my scholarly father had managed it.

His expression turned complex. “Nathan let it happen. Some of it… he orchestrated himself.”

At the courthouse, Nathan limped in on a cane.

The contrast between us was stark my time away had brought back my color, my life. He looked hollow,

diminished.

stop staring at his

without protest, his

I had to know: “Why give

to see you,” he said

“What?”

of a smile. “I couldn’t stand it anymore. The divorce, the company – I’d lose it all just to see you again.

at the settlement hearing, my

me broken.”

to my car, I could feel his gaze burning into my back.

Claire appeared in the

victim act replaced by something harder, almost feral.

everything,” she hissed.

her

this to yourself. You were

You’re

twisted

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