Fall For You( Love , marriage and divorce #3)
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to this. Don't blam
d forward, desperate to mediate. "Moniq
one ta
Monique. "Prepare for a lonely life. I
feline-what would she do if they took he
won't
esolve in her eyes.
rose and fell wit
way, if there's a bastard here, it's
had exploded in her head
e, Constance. Ex
, her heart racing. The ai
ique. The room seemed to shrink, the walls closin
Monique demanded, her anger
smile. "Wouldn't you like to know," she
forward, blocking Constance's path. H
Louise mumbled, but her e
ned to unravel this mystery. She close
onique pressed, her v
bitter wind cutting through the room. She lea
nce drawled, "you and Clinto
at shattered Monique's world. Each word wa
ould this be true? The man she'd loved, th
, demanding answers. The room was a battlefield
on. Monique's mind spun, each memory turning into a chipped
of the Peace who officiated your wedding was a fake . You were living a blissful l
elief. The weight of Constance's revelation pressed dow
rasped, her
stance?" Her voice wavered b
of every shared laugh, whispered secret, and stolen kiss turning to ash on her to
t will never be your turn to be my son
to a gut punch to
lie. It can't
ter echoed through the room. "N
. The times she'd referred to Clinton as her husband, the warmth of their shared bed,
You planned this, didn't you? You did this. Why
ing a hint of triumph. She couldn
onique seemed, the wider the
demanded, her voi
. You weren't good enough," she spat, the words lace
face. "I was the best thing th
been- daughter-in-law, her eyes blazing with anger. "The best thing? The best thing you say? You were
t her blankly, w
she asked quietl
oes it
erned face a blur at the edge of her vision. She leaned against the cha
g I did for you,
She looked like she had swallowed
sacrifices. Truth be told, you only d
lowly you t
deepest cut; unfortunately for you, y
th my life? Why?" Monique, on
only way to
ly too cruel,
s revelation rippled through her, leaving devastation in its wake.
t Monique grappling with an overwhelming sense of loss. The room spun as the weight of
uth took its toll on Monique. The once confident and poised w
The room seemed to close in around her as the re
gile thread holding her sanity together. ''Did you think of her when you were playing go
she's his bastard child. And only over my dead
sobbing mess. She didn't care if the other woman heard her wre
ing. She had abandoned her family, a life of luxury, a
her gently, her
Moni
tear-streaked face br
o? What do I do now?
wasn't. Your marriage t
face. A self-deprecating smile tugged her lips. "Louise
really did plan to sabotage your
isbelief etched on h
trembled,''what are
o the heartbroken girl, sat next to her, and held h
how I came to b
eing by her side all these years had
in love wi
still believe that af
uis
ent me to