r Cla

lightly despite my best efforts to keep it steady. "W

ago, right before the wedding, when I had my lawyers set up our life insur

. Ten years ago... So, at the very beginning of that supposedly sweet, fairy-tale marriage, when he was just

sible hand, hurting so much I couldn't breathe. I looked at the handsome face I had been obsessed with for a decad

n't touch your millions. But what if tomorrow, I walk right into Megan's elite figure skating club? What if I stand in front of all her glamorou

rkened like a thundercloud. He took a

eft! My husband, my sister, my family... they're all gone! What the hell do I have to lose? A p

on... that was her lifeblood, her capital, and the very thing she needed to sta

s, his voice low and dang

ute clarity. "I want the small apartment downtown on 5th Avenue. Transfer t

ece of real estate in his massive portfolio.

he bucket for his $80 million net worth. Using this insignificant price t

at you want and stay the hell away from Megan.

heard a joke, bu

n the divorce papers." Sterling dropped his final senten

ad kept me standing abruptly vanished. My strength was completely draine

ight illuminated my face, which was as pale as a sheet of paper. I

p?" Chloe's energeti

een suppressing could no longer be contained. A broken, shattere

to sheer panic. "What happened?

d into the house like a hurricane. At a glance, she saw me curled up in the corner of the sofa,

around my freezing body. "What the hell happened? You

ng of my tightly wound nerves completely snapped. The humiliation, fu