lle

r hands on the table and stood up. "He's g

Hastings to join his advanced research institute. I threw away my dreams and my career, dedicating myself completely to playing the dutiful, domestic w

head. "I fi

ands together sharply. "Damn right! You should've kicked that bastard to the curb age

chnical partner! I'll throw al

hing about tech or engineering, but she operated on one univer

licker of genuine eager

cook and warm a bed," the wife Courtney saw as having "no real academic substance"-she

e. Long range, high payload, extreme speed, and fully automated operation. I broke through multiple critical technical barri

y mentor wrote a personal letter of recommendat

shipped for her "cutting-edge" sports biomechanics tech-hadn't e

at was buried

alent and draining my body, only to be r

cial lesson: in this life, y

, I refused to leave any re

htful field, to pick up the shatter

s. When I insisted on marrying Courtney, Holden cut a

ather and son had poured their hearts and souls into my career, convinced I was d

one who le

d. "I'll set up a dinner for us soon. You two just need

red my

ladder with the Trevino family, throwing me into Court

ing a blindingly bri

buzzed on

re

ivorce; I was under no obligation to coddle

e after another, reeking of h

call, I fin

oying! Can't you see

do you

ou need to go instead of my brother. And if a

ublicly with Blair, and Serena didn't want anyone

your mother, and very soon, I won't be your sist

nteen. It's time you learned ho

ung

aundry, cook specific meals, finding a million little ways to make my life hell. When things first started sparking between Courtney

as old enough to know ex

her n

olute resolve to get a divorce. Thrilled, she struck while the iron w

e pillows, waiting fo

n the afternoon, m

the screen: Hortense Tr

r a moment bef

ed through the receiver. "Camil