The Divorce Prescription

"Adam, please, just hear me out," Carly pleaded, trying to defend herself.

Adam stood motionless, his gaze unwavering. "Carly, I don't want excuses. I just need to know-where is the emerald necklace?"

A cold, unsettling smirk curled at the corner of his lips. "You wouldn't be lying to me, would you?"

Carly's breath hitched. "Lie to you? About what?"

"That the woman who saved me in the cave wasn't you. That all this time, you've been deceiving me, pretending to be someone else."

His eyes bored into hers, like a predator sizing up its prey. Carly's spine tingled with a sense of dread. Adam had never looked at her like this before.

Had he figured it out? Did he know she was an imposter?

His stoic expression unsettled her more than anything. She couldn't tell how much he knew.

Despite this, she couldn't afford to confess-not when everything she had was on the line. "Adam, I don't understand. Why would you even think that?"

Her voice faltered, a trace of hurt in it. "I'm the one who saved you in that cave. You promised me you'd take me with you, that you'd be responsible for me. Have you really forgotten all of that?"

"If it really was you, that would be perfect. I've invested over a decade in you, Carly. But if you've been lying to me, you know what the consequences will be."

had asked him who he wanted the woman from the cave

truth was,

was

his life to Carly and poured

who saved him... how

What if the woman in the cave

all this time hurting the very

a truth Adam

worry. Of course, I wouldn't lie to

it. Show

Seeing

necklace is the

who you

"Adam, I have the necklace

sharpened. "Then show it

Carly said, her

symbol

lips tightened into