weight of it to tear at her, yet nothing like that came. Ins

n nothing but family interests

she wanted, she knew

t, Brayden's expr

just as quickly, returning

he asked, taking his time as

had no intention of believing she wou

lies had grown more intertwined, and their relationsh

e in Trauhsa knew how d

pushed Mila out of the country ju

race of warmth left from

he would allow an

greatest fault wa

rs keeping Verena at a distance, making it clear

Brayden was certain Verena wo

e nothing more than a mome

ep putting up with this kind of behavior. What happened with Stella affected the comp

t in before he could finish as s

sed. Though her face had gone pale, the

e, and even pushed me toward divorce just so I'd step aside and make room for Mila, didn

into believing that if she treated

ng his stomach wasn't strong, she even learned to cook, preparin

led with the woman he cherished the most. His other women even dared to come st

eached he

n to keep lying to

d the truth. Brayden had never

ad kept buried for years broke

every bit of pain and frustr

e won't owe each other anything," Verena said, forcing herse

she was younger, and every effort she made during th

the air felt heavy a

over Brayden's face

is because of

made something twist inside her, but

to be with Mila? You even went against your grandfather for her, and all this time, you've treate

her eyes locked on him,

to speak, his phone rang. Glancing at the screen, he turned

yden left as his voice grad

r phone and dialed Jon Barnes, the Jones family's chief lawy

e details with him,

o feel heavy. Instead, a fai

everything through with

tes passed, he

. She slipped on a coat, stepped out of the r

ght, the living

already

ed to guess w

ly one place

lly believed they could sit down and talk about th

ied to steady herself, yet the

sed to being ignored

e clear, she no longer had

Verena returne

thered the few belongings t

Truthfully, she had never liked those clothes. She

ing, there was no reason to kee

she would stay true t

over the now-empty space and felt an unex

are for dinner tonight? And wher

r, Jayde couldn't help but feel unea

lized the housekeeper had spent more time by her

a couldn't treat her w

from now on, you won't need to prepar

fter that and simply got int

e, a look of realization settling in,