The view of the city was immense, a testament to the power he wielded. He was on a

oked up at me, a flicker

I didn't e

en. I walked across the vast office and placed a

?" he asked,

," I said. "I' ve

genuinely shocked. In the first timeline, I had fought him. I had screamed and cr

was laced with disbelief, as if the ide

u. No property, no settlement. Just a cle

an incoming call. It was a video call from Lily. He glan

ad. I had seen her in the park two days ago, sketching on a bench while one of Julian' s securit

is?" he asked, his vo

ness to my family, telling them it was just how brilliant men were. I remembered convincing my father to merge a key part of his A

ho looked at me now as if I were a

inching, "I' ve realized our marriage was a mis

could see it land. He didn't like

hat I had made no demands. I was asking for nothing. This confused him. In his world, ev

to half of my assets acquired during our mar

ur money, Julian.

wn at the city he owned. He was trying to regain

lse," he stated. It

honestly. "The

urned back to the desk, picked up a pen, and

ing the folder back tow

ctory. It felt like a paroled prisoner taking her first steps o

ack. The legal process was swift. With both of us in agreement a

d. The movers had already taken my personal belongings to a secure storage u

tment. My side was already bare. His side was still perfectly or

tch I had given him for our first anniversary. It was a classic, obscenely expen

I remembered how proud I had been to give it to him,

nal, decisive movement, I threw the watch as hard as I could. It sailed through the air, a tiny, glitt

but for me, it was a thundercl