hed up and touched the rub

s on their wedding day. For years, the necklace had been

so far as to give another woman the n

trode over, grabbed her wrist, and pulled

d, "Take off the ruby neck

, disbelief filling her e

nally unstable ever since. The pregnancy's been a little delicate too. She really needs this necklace to help her calm down. You're already eight months alo

had spent eight exhausting months suffering day and night, Daniel had turned a blind e

ecause she's fragile, I'm supposed to han

one even further. "Don't be so petty. In my heart, you'll always be Mrs. Carter. Your pl

those. She might have foolishly believed his promises and swall

and biased man standing before her,

imply reached up and removed th

sily she gave in, but understanding

too humbly. All it took was a few soft words from him, and she would

ched out for the necklace. But Clair

a printed document from her pocket, flipped str

flat, without the slighte

some compensation agreement she had prepared after feeling wro

ly, he casually took the pen and s

tever compensation you want, just say it. Buy whatever yo

s, Claire could on

ltimately be solved with money. He truly believed she was the k

just signed so casually was a legally notarized

e papers, folded them carefully, a

ith Emily waiting for the necklace. He took the ruby necklace from Claire'

, watching his retreating figure dis

d hear Emily's delighted, sugary voice,

heart, there was o

staying in, carefully putting away the now fully effective divorce agre

leave this man behind forever, taking her unborn chil