The Billionaire's Broken Wife Walks Away
ar. The music, the laughter, the clink
ing to stand my ground in the face of his cruelty. I wouldn' t give hi
my back straight. The crowd parted, t
I didn' t look at Sylvia. I coul
," I said, my vo
re talking now, aren' t we? Or did
e dropping to a whisper only he could hear. "They
uickly replaced by that familiar, cold disdain. He th
. Grandpa will love this. Another scandal to blame on his per
n. He wanted his family to come down o
d. The tight cord of duty and sacrifice I had
rp, so absolute, it
resilient wife fell away, and for the first time in ten
asting like ash. "Let them.
k a b
et' s get
nuine shock. This wasn' t the reaction he had engineered. He had expec
anger. It was a raw, uncontroll
he growled, his vo
I want a
don' t get to decide when this is over. What is
y chest. He still thought it was a game. He had no idea he