penthouse, the ci

ple Jake and Elara Shen weather the

rs, I knew the silence

me with a custom-made ergonomic chair. "For your back,

loe often used it, her feet propped

ed under the passenger seat of Jake's car. He' d laughed it

of collapse. Me, Han Jingshu back then, using my entire inheritan

, the architect, for years. I was

r – all secondary to the comp

ed my

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ty percent split of all marital assets. A

ative texts from Chloe. Images of her

em to Sarah. "

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feigned concern, his v

didn't call me a hund

a necessary evil, Elara. A brand d

, a sculpture by an emerging artist. We

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working intern," he dismissed, annoyan

draft divorce agre

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my wedding ring. The simple band he'

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