Julian's calls to Evelyn

ed into a prickle of concer

ce. People didn't

presence. Her absence was like a missing piece

t her daily life, her thoughts, her feelings. She was just

loe in his study, looking through s

n's silk robes. It was too b

on went through him

he asked, his tone sha

I was just... feeling a bit nostalgic.

racticed, innoc

er eyes. The transforma

... being back here, it brings up so many memories. Of us.

He went to her, put a comfor

ay. You're no

ily swayed by Chloe's em

lity, always managed to

d, her voice choked with emotion. "Marrying h

u know, I only married Evelyn because you le

t, raw and honest in

decision made in a haze of hurt and

Chloe's eyes – triumph? – but it

Evelyn suspected, everythin

er, Chloe orches

ential investors for a new tech fund. He wa

rough dessert, looking

re's this... urgent property document. For that Napa

of papers, bound in a

ture tonight, something about a dea

ors, a little flushed from the w

Good. Glad t

ont of him, a pen already unc

ame was clearly visible, but he didn't s

loe smiled, a quick, almost in

cheek. "You're a doll. I'll let yo

igned divorce papers