Losing Ryker: The Billionaire's Second Chance

art of the divorce agreem

in front of me on the dining table. Looki

last day and I don't want to spend any more tim

deal. Of this farce, he called it

k trying to will them away. This was what

or your services? Ten million isn't enough?" His voice br

cking insulting smirk, l

along for so long I'll pay

er off and she

ed teeth. There were many other things I wanted to scream out,

rstood the whole time we were

eptical as he ra

goodness of your heart? Don't make me laugh. We both k

over with. We've both gotten what

eye. I wiped it before it could fully show but

ly, feeling my heart breakin

y gotten wh

not r

y I accepted this arrangement was for money. Yes, I'd agreed t

everything I could to satisfy him and persevered for this entire year. Why

s ALL

up to face him, meeting thos

sk a question, Ryker." I said, br

age, did you, even if it w

ed those words to leave my mouth. I could easily see him trying to comprehend i

and my heart fell. Instantly he turned awa

e? Are you okay? Is it a fever? Did

at name the remnants o

se and concerned, ready to dart away at the sligh

wait anymore. I'd al

stood up from the chair. Ryker hadn't

immediately dropped

, already fully packed and prepared. He was still on the call. With a fi

. On the drive there, I looked out

yearning. I had wasted so much time. wa

ing into my life. I could rem

burst of courage I saved his life. I took him in and helped him recov

come back after sorting things out with his famil

and with my mother's diagnosis I had moved closer to the city and worked multiple j

yk

idn't REC

but the look on his face showed me the truth. I knew then that something

is need for a wife to get his family's inheritance and I saw an opportunity. I ru

s I could help him remember. Maybe

ngement. Now, looking back, I could

r his attention, he already h

dn't matter that he never said it. The way h

den from the public, my presence kept a secret from the rest

the distance between us, but it was all for nothing. In his e

ation. No matter how much effort I put in

ce I met him, I held onto a d

was fighting for a lost cause. Now that everyth

something els

ne drunken night I had spent with him. A one time mistake, he had called it but it didn't

ove behind, I could