Divorce Me? Pay Ten Billion Dollars First

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o lock his photo album, Kasie C

n on a Tuesday afternoon, staring at a photo of her husband na

himself. The location tag read The Greenwich Hotel. The time stamp was yesterday afternoon, wh

oman's smiling lips was a

llege "friend." The bri

elieved in this marriage-who had folded herself into smaller and smaller shapes to fit inside Harris Byrd's world-ex

ail, then deleted the original from the shared alb

vibrated.

w was calling. That meant Harris had noticed the photo was gone. That meant he'd called his mot

d ring, her voice perfec

e was clipped and imperious. "Com

urse,

like a home. In the study, Margo's face was already waiting on the

" Margo began. "I assu

. Her silence was

, as if she were discussing a quarterly earnings report. "I've also known that this marria

her face perfectly still. Margo had

ou sign, you walk away with one million dollars." Margo paused, delivering the final blow with su

ction. Kasie felt something cold crystallize in her chest. Then, for the first ti

w, I can drag his name through every tabloid and courtroom i

g certainty

, her eyes locking onto her mother-in-law's. "My price is ten billi

e, then mottled with r

has a price." She let the words hang, then added, almost casually, "And I have more photos. The kind the tab

mind racing behind her cold eyes, calculating

ave one month to leave quietly. And you will play the part of the loving wif

row. "He doesn't kno

t. And he will not know about this agreement. As far as he's conce

his own stupidity. She was so used to managing him that she was willing to

. "I want it in writing.

loodless line. "I'll have my

draft it now

illion dollars. Half of all marital properties. One month of silence. One month

n another. Then she forwarde

g business wit

hissed. "Harris knows noth

dream of ups

felt almost like triumph. She walked to the window and looked out at the rose garden she'd tend

one was hand Kasie a loaded weapon. Ten billion dollars and a si

phone and typed a

ready. Com

k his secret was still safe. The performance ha

ialed Leig

ay we planned for has arr

it! Tell me everything. How

igned a document that will make the

irl. That's how you do it. I'll have

tired woman from this morning was gone. In her place was someone with eyes of

n. Harris just d