elvet ottoman in the foyer, her suitcase beside h

or the office, his tie undone around his neck. He saw her sitting th

me to your senses. Now, fix this tie.

, waiting for her familiar fingers. It wa

move. "You hav

wly, looking at her as if the ottom

ment. It was a handwritten list on the back of a hospital

on the marble

about the separ

d by a cold, hard anger. "You are pushing your luck

" She stood up. "

n the air, abso

king sound. "Divorce? You? Analia, don't be ridiculous. You'd be on the street

ce shook slightly. "And I'd rather sleep on t

weapon. "Angelena is a star. She is under immense pressure. She is fragile. You... you are

ike physical blows.

g his gaze. "I'm tired of being your prop. And I'm

warned, pointing a finger at her. "Sh

ultrasound picture in a married man's pocket. That's n

nd twitched, instinctively moving toward his chest

," he wh

ha

and hurling it at the wall. It shattered, shards raining down on the

cribbled furiously. He ripped the check out and threw it

Severance pay. Take

hadn't even filled in an amount. He was tel

g rage in his hands, the fear behind h

ed over t

Clive," she said quietly.

d her suit

cking, "I will freeze everything. The cards, the accounts

avy front door. The

a ghost here, C

ole table. It landed with a sharp cla

alked

It clicked shut with

was deafening. He looked at the blank check

en, irrational feeling that he ha

His fingers shook as

d. "Freeze her accounts. All of them. Now. I

g. Waiting for the realization to hit her

di