choed in her ears, a clinical, cheerful death sentence: "Congratulations, Mrs

quest. "Move back into the master suite. You're not

ing no comfort. The world was spinning. Pregnant with a strange

, desperate for the mindless chatter t

t news flash fi

rived in New York City. She's set to star in the

t in a Chanel suit, her smile bright as

"Is your relationship with Al

eceptively innocent. She laughed, a light, tinkling s

tiletto heel to Chloe's hear

purr. "Any woman would be lucky to have his attention. I'm certainl

phant, beautiful face. Then she thought of her own refl

y. A slow-burning rage that fin

h Chloe's husband for the entire world to see, maki

ged husband, to lock her away and question her fidelity, while

risy was

he get aw

ce attorney, holding a glass of champagne, had been joking with a group of women. "The infidelity clause i

at the time, now stru

into something col

e would not sit here and wait

ands were steady as she spun the combination. From the very bottom, she pulled out th

uptial a

he pages, past the legales

asted five years, she would receive a substantial trust fund. Enoug

ddendum, initialed by Ali

arty shall forfeit all claims to marital assets. The non-liable party shall be entitled to a

breath

y per

would make her one of the wealthiest women in

ult party. The evidence was

fair was an open secret. All she need

med in her mind, eclipsing th

d play h

She would be the perfect, penitent w

She would listen. She would gather every shred

ivorce. She would be the wronged wife, armed with pro

t to quietly, tragically, "disappear" before her plan c

in the safe. The click of the

no longer filled with fear. They

hadn't entered in two years. She took a deep bre

. But now, she