A Divorce He Regrets
XAN
as something I'd expected, but it was still annoying to behold. I didn't want this marriage-not now, not ever-but she was too
har
g out of love, but be
the women as I left them to the excited conversation they were having
me of the Golden Ball Charity event I was to att
anks. I'll
Golden Ball charity event this evening. I think it's time we left to start preparing.
g herself announcing to everyone there that we had fixed a date for t
a, thankfully, stayed glued to her phone, likely
up in the car, seems always felt that was not p
s event is for elites, the one percent. The kind of place paupers and wannabes- like Raina- woul
in
to push her out of my mind, she always found a way to worm her way back in. My family- they all hated her.
s she suffering, struggling like she deserved to be? And the child... the one she had ru
ed inw
p for Raina back then- ther
-
ight. She hadn't worn her engagement ring in weeks, a silent protest against my coldness, but tonight,
stening. I just wanted some peace. Eli
g- not when I had more important things to think about. Namely, securing the Graham family- New Yor
lose to garnering their attention, something always got in the way. Canceled meetings, vague excuses... but tonight, I felt different. I was almost certain
ld fe
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s, dazzling, filled with the who's who of high society. And to my chagrin, Eliza clung to me like I was some trophy, her
glamorous couple. Every photo the media took made her grin wider. It irritated me. Everything abou
n quietly at first, but soon increased as the anticipation
cement echoed through the hall that the Grah
n found, Alexander! She might even be here tonight!" Sure, that had been what she was excited about. Not the prospect of bagging one of New York's most eligible bachelors. I felt the urge to r
; Vanessa was already fantasizing about befriending her, and I had to admit
ham- heir to the empire- walking into the room, the epitome of power and con
raham had entered h
in
way
he ever did with me, I must say, and t
ex-
ing for- no, desperately tr
here- with the Grahams. And not just anyone from the fami
was she doing, cozying up to the Gr
Dominic like she
g sense. Raina was in a place she didn't belong,
ent years imagining her suffering, broken, raising that child alone and struggling like she deserved. But in
tiful, it hurt
ated he