My Husband's Double Life

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ed to, betray me with such grotesque audacity, in

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day: "If you ever lie to me, truly lie, I wil

tive, erase Maya Goldstein, and leave Liam with

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from last week: Liam unveilin

and diamonds, a multi-m

stament to their perfect lov

a bitter taste

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ntinued, a montage

donated a kidney to his then-

er but smiling, beside a reco

se garden at their Hamptons estate, simp

shot of the s

'Book of Us,' a collection of their most c

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a saint. She

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rified of commitmen

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harming, seem

oveted a rare fi

high-stakes, un

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sture. It had finally, f

ospital, pale but triumphant,

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am," she'd said, her voice sof

o me, truly lie, I will vanish fro

d her hand, promised

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claimed were "i

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as probably still w

st as she finished with

as a "business

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her. She turned h

said, trying t

aya's Horizon" necklace. It

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n showing it off to Ava

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al, but empty, necklace b

the divorce p

ift for you too, Liam," she sa

ded him

then pleased. "For me

a said. "On our actual anni

ver oblivious, grinned.

ad, then headed for

ed him go.

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