r

en-the ones who ended up with a man who did

and egotistical boss: Leon Knight. Organized and I

ther. Coffee. Calendar updates

a second glance to anyone unless it was in a mirr

e the

l briefing or PR emergency. What I got was an offe

. Cold. Like he was asking for a qu

ed. "Ex

heard

I place

you

! Why

how to take orders. Y

e than I expected.

didn't understand, but becau

ied before the end of this year or my status as CEO i

if I r

se. But I'd prefer s

ized what this was. A year of standing by his s

eed

e until

la, tried to make sense to me. "You can't

perhaps I simply wanted to feel

I had made

tanding before him like

feeling. "One year. No real relationship. We attend events, ke

signature

the beginni

-

business than celebration. He did not

in his study on

to sleep in t

een us became a chasm. He never yelled. N

husband in name

ooled. Cameras loved u

he outside. Housem

rs, I was invisib

was around, he barely even saw

he fridge sometimes. He

up for myself. "Leon...what'

is tablet. "Don't

being dr

of pretending ev

cisely what we c

contract to

ained

just

I gotten m

ave signed that

ed of a

-

e meet me at the ca

at's happening? Don't tell me that cowa

ice trembled as I recount to her everythin

love looks like,

spered. "But it

doesn't care about you and you need to le

ving him another chance right? Ou

ve him, I'm here as usual ok?" She said pulling m

lly miss

ry and I had to pass by the supermarket to p

e-year anni

Wore a red dres

until m

ened, I stood in the hal

urprised. "Why ar

ur anni

inked

all you

d mee

even try to care anymore. I'm no

his jaw set. "You

know it would

zed at last that silence was all I

k Ella's advice a

not to notice what was going on

befor

eave without d

ed divorce papers o

re. I just knew I couldn