my stomach. "Even when he was with you. Even when he was kneeling at your mother'

hisper. My hands trembled, not from fear, but from a profound wearine

't he just divorce you, Alex? Why does he keep you dangling, like some broken toy?" She lunged, her hand swinging wildly. Her knuck

her to disappear. "Your problems with Arthur are not my problem

high-and-mighty CEO who lost everything?" She pulled out her phone, her fingers flying. "You think I have

is... complicated. And her mother, well, she served her purpose. But now she's just a liability. A nuisance. Always calling, always need

veins. My breath caught, my lungs refusing to expand. I tried to speak, but only

e leaned close, her voice a venomous whisper in my ear. "See? He never

door bursting open, Arthur' s shocked face, an