The Heiress' Secret: Ex-Husband, Meet The Real Me

esidence with nothing b

ervants wasted no

t she left with empty hands. If she's tryi

ybody knows she only married into this family for the mone

e her doesn't deserve him anyway. I doubt

he's all talk. Just wait-she'll cave and quit her jo

, why not just go through

erself and the house, their ridi

r dry, leaving her bod

raining told her she w

ng herself to stay upright

owed by a sleek black car that b

dodging the oncoming car. In that brief second, she caught sight of

, cutting her off from hi

e spot, a sad, broken s

with her standing alone in the

eyes lingering on Deanna's pale figure. "Sir, she looks like she's about to collapse.

e reason Gillian lost the baby. Even if she gave up

rled into a faint smirk befo

traffic, leaving Deanna expos

ps and making her vision swim. She tried to blink away the dark

ully as she clutched her

around her, the

drift-light as a leaf, cut loose from its b

na glimpsed a familiar face-sharp lines and

inned her down. As her senses faded, a distant, urgen

spital after a frantic phone call, only to find Dean

sweat collecting on her brow. She hovered on the edge of l

ology rushed to her side, their voi

wisted his expression. "She lost so much blood and still finished that surgery. Yet when she fell il

nger toward Gillian's room. "Are they really so shameless? Deanna near

ling with anger, rushed D

finally broke and her eyes fluttered open, she fel

hile the chaos of yesterda

ree years spent loving a man who had once he

st, hiding her face in her arms

uine love would be returned. Instead, he

effort and obedience could

that dream

aive-looking back, even that

sunlight filtered in thro

s just as her coworkers arrived, with Theresa leading the way, bal

hand in relief. "You nearly gave me a heart attack. For a

always had a flair for the dramatic

he whole team's agreed to cover your shifts, so you don't have to think about anythin

bar in cardiac surgery. When Gillian's pregnancy required close m

, but after watching her in the operating room

lot-surgical success rates shot up, and the h

been hard-earned, and right now,

d by the rest of the team,

to relax, genuinely m

she looked over at Theresa, who lingered b

tell me you're thinking about calling Connor aga

Deanna without so much as a glance made

ll hoping to patch things up, at least wait until you're stronger

smile. The heartbreak was gone-

aid, shaking her head. "I j

uld make sure to appear blameless-crying for sympathy, painting herself

hispers within the Dixon family. Gillian would play to th

n had spent acting like a friend, only

, only to end up holdin

cle Deanna scrolled thr

a snake, and you keep getting bitten because you refuse to see it. You used to call her your friend with a 'good heart.' Well, now the wh

her attention glued to

nd Benignity Hospital-Connor and th

was everything. For a ho

at her, but she couldn't let the place sh

idn't realize that the same expertise Deanna had used to sav

eally disappeared-it needed constant care,

ch she'd cared, and how little Gillia

hivered. "Deanna, um, what's going on? I know you've been through hell, but you're scari

face, realizing her old habit of defendin

spoke with quiet determination. "Honestly,

ainst her pillow, closing her eyes, leaving

ust ha

a really

y time she complained about Connor. Now,

hard enough to leave a mark. The sting