concern aside witho

via was just exhausted and mo

alth, while Kaylee was the one who actual

ghtening in the silence before

," he said

they remarried in a year, he planned to settle the score

sing his influence, Callum had arranged for them

d a prepared divorce agreement from her b

palm slamming down on the documents to st

head, meeting hi

rrying himself with a polished, distan

stop the involuntary skip of her heart; he was

, believing they were building a life together. Now, sh

how it works, Callum. We sign the papers, and the

d struck her. "Oh, that's right. Yo

al page, and held out a pen. "I'm not asking for a se

Callum's temper began to flare, his

d the pen, his voice dropping to a frigid tone. "If this is a play for mor

quiet desperation of someone who had

self out, leaving behind a flat, managea

lf, she was staggered to realize he still viewed her as nothing

ny was

of calm. "There's no rush. Please, read ev

he had even inserted a new clause. "Every gift, every luxury, and even the

t. For a split second, he had the terrifying realizati

the ring was th

verything else, and seeing her d

ckly as it had come, replaced b

contract, the pressure to sign-he saw it as a desper

ng him. In his eyes, this was just an elabo

sed to play

d, fueling his resolve. With a sharp ache of sympathy for Kaylee

horitative, a reflection of his

a dark, suppressed fury. "You played your hand too aggressivel

The clock began ticking on the mandatory waiting

ia rose and made her

y dying, yet she was spending her remaining h

wave of vertigo through her, draining the last of the color

line of sight, his broad frame shielding her from the su

ke a hammer blow to the heart, while a sharp s

.. The man standing in front of her wa

curving into a ghost of a smile.

early see the day they got married, and Olivia's beaming f

ir shared happiness

t, a fleeting sensation that perh

married within the year anyway, so this separa

d, you should go home," he said

ake of her head. "I'm

d as he turned to loo

entials, so there's no reason to return. You can just toss the rest of my things. Now that the divorc

his was just another one of her dramat

ng, intense look. "Have

aylee was facing a terminal illness with only a year left; he b

heir paths finally diverging as they wa