I Divorced the CEO in Silence

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hird wedding

only very large homes manage. The kind of quiet that r

ing at a single candle I had lit myself. The flame trembled

'clock

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e fifteen, my

his

to make it home tonight. A last-minute meeting

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logy sent l

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, listening to the clock on the wall tick forward w

e ye

dia darling. A man who could move markets with a single sent

een used, but I washed them anyway. It gave my hands something

nished, the hous

assed the master b

ouched. He hadn't slept there in days. Maybe weeks. I'd s

room instead and closed

night I sto

apers were al

der in my bag, waiting for a moment that f

drian came home

ling into the driveway. My body reacted automatically-heart lif

d that

phone, suit jacket draped over one arm, ti

want the board meet

and finally notice

he asked, not unkind

here,"

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o hurt more than

omething," I said, ho

out question. W

a?" he asked absently, alrea

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He didn't read the first page. Or the second. He

e signature of a man who signed away

, he handed the

ngs like this next time," he said. "You

him then. Re

I had lov

had never asked

t signed our divorce p

be a next t

walked past me, already r

ng after he disa

le

ially

otice when

a few books. The rest I left behind, like artifa

me from the doorway as I

you traveling?" sh

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