o-ceiling windows of the master bedroom, ca

gal documents and compiling the evidence into secure, encrypted files. He

phone. The digital

is glass-walled office in Manhattan, staring at Bloomberg terminals, bark

ice extension and put

ansferred to Elliot, his executive assistant, befor

er. It was harsh, impatient, and laced with irritation

a greeting. She kept her v

out the divorce agr

e scoff echoed t

throwing another tantrum because I couldn't make it to the cem

pted, her tone slicing through his arrogance. "I'm t

d pause on the line.

let out an ex

u," Colton said, his voice dripping with condescension. "I have a board me

ic

hun

pread across her face. He was so incredibly pred

pplication. It was a GPS software Colton had insisted

f Manhattan loaded on the screen. A pulsing

er private school on

rdinates. The dot was resting exactly on the address of Le Bernardin, one

d the app and o

flaunt her billionaire affair on a public platform. But Audrey had suspected her months ago, long before the grief had entirely clouded her judgment. She had created a fake perso

been uploaded exac

pped on t

of delicate, imported caviar and tuna tartare.

e white tablecloth, was a man's forearm. The sleeve of a bes

Philippe Gran

latinum bezel. She had bought that watch for Colton with the

irthday celebration. So grateful for the fa

oard m

aneously. Click. She took a screenshot of the post. She sa

and walked into her m

Colton preferred her to wear. She reached into the back and

of the blazer made her posture rigid and commanding. She pulled her hair

cked up a tube of matte red lips

he sad, accommodating Mrs. Christian was gone

rinted divorce documents inside, and walked out