d lost after just five months of marriage and three months of pregnancy, she had always felt that the miscarriage was her fault because when she had realised that she

xistence. She had never shared what she had felt with Alex and they had mourned the tiny life's passing separately,

ancy. She had felt so terrible about her reaction to the baby that she had never told them, feeling that her behaviour had been indefensib

had quickly grabbed from her chest on drawers in the master suite. Despite the drama of the day, she fell asleep almost immediately. She didn't know

n housekeeper. Despite the fact that his voice had been only a harsh whisper through the wood, she was in no doubt that he was absolutely livid. She stood staring up at him in the dim light and was s

oing in here?"

bout her moving out of their bedroom but it was completely out of character for him to actually come thumping on her bedroom door demanding an explanation in the dead of night! She had expected a cold and controlled conver

he pertinent question is why?" And she could

gged again. "Just this morning I told you I wanted a divorce, so it wouldn't fee

ridiculous,"

making sense for the first

last word. "...sleeps with me. You will come back to our b

if he chose to do as he threatened, she would definitely lose to his sup

right?" He sounded frankly astonished by that, as ast

ed and he took a threa

ely, his eyes raking dismissively over her thin, shivering, t-shirt clad body

ng to you," s

ge amounts of money for you... t

talking about," she protested in

Come on, we're going to bed!" He grabbed her hand and tugged her back toward their bedroom a few doors down the hall. She was so shocked by the abrup

r hand. They were in the master bedroom, facing each other an

." he didn't like being called a barbarian, not her suave, sophisticated, rigid husband, she saw it i