entirely and walked straigh

the corner closet sat a heavy wooden chest that had carried her few pers

to the center of the ro

the full-page portrait of their ceremony at St. Bartholomew's. In th

heavy glossy page and rippe

otograph into the cold

rom their first year of courtship, the stub from their first symphony concert at Carnegie Hall,

eyes widening in horror as she saw t

.. what are

chest and pulled out her wedding gown-a custom Italian silk

she had believed this dress was the start of a share

ntle. She touched the flame to the corner of an old ann

ntly, licking up thro

rectly into the flames. The delicate fabric crackled, blackening and curli

aitlin's pale face, the older woman lowered her head. Without a word, Martha pulled

s burn until the bodice

d down the hall into G

Greyson had an international video conference scheduled with his European partners in tw

legally binding divorce settlement Chloe had emailed her that

, right behind a dense fifty-page financial disclosure annex, and

perfectly with the standard

and returned to her private

ree changes of simple clothing, her legal identification, and th

at diamond eternity band

ow glowing with dying embers. She set the heavy platinum ring

ibrated in

m at the

son's voice boomed down through

ll is that tea? Did yo

d up her suitcase, walked to the

he front steps. Chloe stepped out of the driver's side

Caitlin reached the driveway. "

e back. Chloe hit the accelerator, and the sports car surged past the

itlin asked, leaning her head ag

the road. "You rest today. Tomorrow, we start dismantli

kyline rising in the distance. "He's too arrogant t

rinned

f his personal assets under New York law.

Caitlin replied quietly. "