The Unwanted Wife's Spectacular Comeback

ilk gown and stepped into the grand b

he smell of expensive pe

e blinding flashes of their cameras suddenly shifted. The lenses bypass

rop from her face. Her facial

ay of champagne. She reached out, desperate fo

crystal stem, the waiter abruptly

w, Carolee, standing a few feet away. Carolee lowered

gh the string quartet playing in the corner. "Some people only survive by sucki

that the skin nearly broke. Her lungs felt

inna barely knew, stepped into her pa

d. "Where is Holland tonight? It

forced the words past the lump in h

out a soft giggle. She reached into

ed the screen and held

the bright screen.

and was walking into a luxury Manhattan penthouse. Hi

IR SECURES $50 MILLION LOVE

ike physical blo

hrough the people standing around her. The invisible wal

. She practically ran down the hallway and pushe

. She turned on the cold water and splas

oman staring back at her looked pa

n her cheek. She wiped

d her phone from her clutch.

ing straight to his col

one away, a second phone vi

e special ringtone made her

ered it

ce was thick with panic and crying. "Jaycob collap

op out from under Corinna. A wa

She dropped the phone ba

not stop at the coat check. The brutal New York winter wind s

rough her thin dre

He looked at her, then looked away, deliberately ign

n to the street corner and threw

ing frame with a wary, tired expression. "Look, lady, my shift is over. I'm heading back to the Bronx, and you

grabbed the heavy diamond earring Holla

nked i

r flesh. A sharp pain shot through h

ugh the open window. It la

ai Hospital," she said

diamond, swallowed hard

he city blurred past the window. She stared at the

down her neck, staining the

oom. The harsh smell of bleach and rubbing alcohol

felt li

ting area. She shoved a piece

the bottom for the experimental thera

out of the double doors. H

ount by tonight, we have to move him out of

window of the ICU. She loo

hines. Tubes ran down his th

mouth to trap the sob trying t

opened the browser. The gos

hat was exactly ten times the amount she

dity of it made

etic. It mocked the three years she had spent sw

rust fund manage

on next month's all

said in a bored tone. "That violates

ne wen

wrapped her arms around herself. She finally understood th

n lit up. A tex

ment. Do not come back to the estate u

rds. She did not type a

he corner. She slid a crumpled dollar bill

aper cup filled with dar

cidic taste burned its way down her thr

rash can. The weakness in her eyes vanished,

o the ICU door. S

ight," Corinna said. Her

walked into the

e number she kept pinned at the top of her contac

l and held the

e a silent promise to herself. This would be the absolu