ght poured through the panoramic floo
the guest room. Her eyes were clear.
p, professional blazer, and pulled her l
walked out wearing a silk robe, aggressively
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Divorce Ag
d. A deep crease for
, and flipped through the first two pages. The corn
, his tone dripping with arrogant pity. "You think th
ing a mug of black coffee. She watched him l
," she said calmly. "I
cked onto Aurora's neat, firm signature
hed from his face, replaced by a dark, ugly scowl.
nto a vicious growl. "If you leave me, you won't eve
"You think the real world is easy? You've been a housew
phone, sitting on the bar count
ica. The background photo was a selfie of
en. A slow, razor-sharp sm
spike of panic. He quickly reache
p on the lock screen. It was impossible to miss: Baby, what tim
down. The ceramic clinked
id. Her tone was light, almost cheerful. "Hu
nrad's nerves like a live wire. He f
ent off the table, and gripped it with bot
ng sound, he ripped the th
re the document into dozens of jagged pie
er right at Aurora's feet. The pieces fluttere
his?" he spat, lifting his chin to look
ll. She didn't cry. She just let out a soft sigh, lik
pulled out another perfectly bound, identical copy of the
rough the air like a blade of ice. "You can take your
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