Divorced But All-Powerful

unmistakable signature sat boldly on the stark white pages, burning into her vision. Tears blurred her sight no matter how hard she tried to hold them back

, it carried no warmth. Outside, Marcus stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His tall figure remained rigid and distant

y spoke. His tone was calm, but the

hould sign them too. It's best to fina

g keeping her upright. She wanted to answer him, but the words wouldn't come. They lodged painfull

till, I won't leave you with nothing. You'll get twenty million dollars and the villa on the west side. I

ck, struggling to believe

does he know you're p

e remained cold, and there wasn't the sl

ng to do with this. I've

standing as tremors ran through her body. Tears streamed down her face unchecked, but she no longer cared enough to wipe

d her question. The faint impatience in his eyes stung more than any harsh words. He was still as

hy

nd forced herself to meet

o love you. Even if you don't feel the

eath, and irritation fli

l don't understand. A marriage wit

ng a line between them. Whatever

r it. My heart has always belonged to Rose. Back then, circumstances kept us apart, but she's returning soon, and

ss the table, leaving damp spots behind. She hurriedly wiped them a

on of a phone broke th

aw the caller's name, the coldness on his face melted away. His eyes sof

lready arrived

came through the phone. "That's righ

rise crossed M

light wasn't land

to surpr

are. I'll be t

is jacket. He didn't look at Emma again. Moments

ehind cut deeper than

the Sullivan family, every sacrifice she had made, and every year she had devoted to them suddenly seemed meani

r behind to welcome back the woman he ha

shook her head as tears clouded her vision. Through the blur, Ma

ntered, every eye in the room turned toward them. Dressed in an elegant gown that looked remarkab

If Emma sees us like this, she

d her closer

why should I care? I don't love her. She's nothing more than

with obvious excitement, surrounding

oom. Just like countless times before, s

ction for a brief moment. A mocking s

oing all of this would make him

further, the butler

an! Your wi

mediately

you mean? When

y of her belongings. She only took off her apron and left through

stairs and enter

ed, without a single thing out of place. The divorce papers rested on the b

peared into the night, carrying Emma farther and farther away from the life she had spent t

ance surfaced in

not to walk away from her. Yet now, she was

o his secretary, "Look into a vehicle for me. Lice

later, the a

gistered to Isaiah Turne

xpression

came from a small town, had no influential background, no powerful conn

rner, the successor of one of the mos

silent for a moment bef

wife about the divor

oldly. "Do you think I'd keep dragg

day's her

ained from M

sat curled up in her seat as tears str

over and gently

orks show tonight. He wante

ook her

to see anyon

ma Brooks, the obedient wife who had spent th

hed daughter of the Turner family and

ger, Clara leaned against I

her old pho

gaze and looke

om Madeline

d make him leave you one day. Marcus has always belonged

face. She slowly shook her head a

ound her shoulders and g

everything that's happen

in an unste

oday's my

ol chose your birthday to abandon you. A m

and brushed away the

very word carried a firmness that hadn't been t

and heartbreak that had filled them earlier

g Marcus's affection, sacrificing her prid

nd the future heir to a vast empire. She would never

e said coldly. "Then I deserve