a's Jo
that. Chloe calle
inted, yes. But not surpris
tcase beside me. Newport. The Hayes ancestral home.
hloe, beaming. Her, looking perfectly healthy, a mischievous glint in
e cold.
ent. But then, a weary resignation settled i
in ticket to N
he task with me, I would
s mansion in Newport. I was in the overgrown gardens, sketching the cru
t, his face d
ink you're doing here alone? And
itcase, which I'd lef
e busy," I said, my voice
le fever! And you
ze. "She looked remarka
wed. "Are you
why are you here? Did Chloe give
se you're supposed to be fulfillin
bandoned m
he insisted, h
I turned back t
from Ethan's car, all designer
When you didn't answer, we rushed right over." She
e was all solicitude for Chloe. "Care
, a bitter tas
miraculous recovery?" I aske
et Ethan worry himself sick about you all alone in this... charmingly r
ver nonsense Olivia has planned here, and then I can take y
Chloe's smug presence
de for a moment. She stepped closer, her
She deliberately kicked my suitcase again, harder this time, sending it tumbling down t
was
d. The sound crack
ng her cheek, her eyes
gers dug into my arms like vises. He shoved me, hard, against the stone ba
s face inches from mine, radiati
e tears already welling. "Ethan, darling,
r fault, sweetheart. She's unhinged." He glared bac
lead Chloe b
n my arms. But a cold, desp
my voice sha
Ethan looked b
did yo
lustrade. My legs felt weak. "You agreed to five ta
yes filled with contem
ivorce, don't you? You want C
"Ethan, let's just go.
nds, Ethan. Or there's no divorce
ck to me. The desire for freedom, f
d out, "do you wa
nt to neglect and broken promises. Cole Development own
u're destroying. See what you promise
seemed to drain out of him
get this farc