choed in her ears, a clinical, cheerful death sentence: "Congratulations, Mrs
quest. "Move back into the master suite. You're not
ing no comfort. The world was spinning. Pregnant with a strange
, desperate for the mindless chatter t
t news flash fi
rived in New York City. She's set to star in the
t in a Chanel suit, her smile bright as
"Is your relationship with Al
eceptively innocent. She laughed, a light, tinkling s
tiletto heel to Chloe's hear
purr. "Any woman would be lucky to have his attention. I'm certainl
phant, beautiful face. Then she thought of her own refl
y. A slow-burning rage that fin
h Chloe's husband for the entire world to see, maki
ged husband, to lock her away and question her fidelity, while
risy was
he get aw
ce attorney, holding a glass of champagne, had been joking with a group of women. "The infidelity clause i
at the time, now stru
into something col
e would not sit here and wait
ands were steady as she spun the combination. From the very bottom, she pulled out th
uptial a
he pages, past the legales
asted five years, she would receive a substantial trust fund. Enoug
ddendum, initialed by Ali
arty shall forfeit all claims to marital assets. The non-liable party shall be entitled to a
breath
y per
would make her one of the wealthiest women in
ult party. The evidence was
fair was an open secret. All she need
med in her mind, eclipsing th
d play h
She would be the perfect, penitent w
She would listen. She would gather every shred
ivorce. She would be the wronged wife, armed with pro
t to quietly, tragically, "disappear" before her plan c
in the safe. The click of the
no longer filled with fear. They
hadn't entered in two years. She took a deep bre
. But now, she
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