a's Jo

that. Chloe calle

inted, yes. But not surpris

tcase beside me. Newport. The Hayes ancestral home.

hloe, beaming. Her, looking perfectly healthy, a mischievous glint in

e cold.

ent. But then, a weary resignation settled i

in ticket to N

he task with me, I would

s mansion in Newport. I was in the overgrown gardens, sketching the cru

t, his face d

ink you're doing here alone? And

itcase, which I'd lef

e busy," I said, my voice

le fever! And you

ze. "She looked remarka

wed. "Are you

why are you here? Did Chloe give

se you're supposed to be fulfillin

bandoned m

he insisted, h

I turned back t

from Ethan's car, all designer

When you didn't answer, we rushed right over." She

e was all solicitude for Chloe. "Care

, a bitter tas

miraculous recovery?" I aske

et Ethan worry himself sick about you all alone in this... charmingly r

ver nonsense Olivia has planned here, and then I can take y

Chloe's smug presence

de for a moment. She stepped closer, her

She deliberately kicked my suitcase again, harder this time, sending it tumbling down t

was

d. The sound crack

ng her cheek, her eyes

gers dug into my arms like vises. He shoved me, hard, against the stone ba

s face inches from mine, radiati

e tears already welling. "Ethan, darling,

r fault, sweetheart. She's unhinged." He glared bac

lead Chloe b

n my arms. But a cold, desp

my voice sha

Ethan looked b

did yo

lustrade. My legs felt weak. "You agreed to five ta

yes filled with contem

ivorce, don't you? You want C

"Ethan, let's just go.

nds, Ethan. Or there's no divorce

ck to me. The desire for freedom, f

d out, "do you wa

nt to neglect and broken promises. Cole Development own

u're destroying. See what you promise

seemed to drain out of him

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