The Divorce That Saved Us

ssion walked in. This was Dr. Reynolds, and from the look on his fa

I've canceled my afternoon appointm

Your family's business was failing, her grandfather insisted she marry before taking over the company

. A sham marriage. It explained the distance, the coldness. I wasn'

slightly, as if he pitied me. "You know she's always been close with Lia

ys orbiting Sophia. Her "white moonlight," everyone had called him.

trying to win Sophia's affection. I cooked for her, waited up for her, followed her to business events where I wasn't wanted. I had begged for her attention, cried when

in clinical detail. I had sent her a picture of my bleeding wrist

r me. I'm in

apped in this older body, felt only a surge of cold fury. How could I have let myse

arper, colder. She wore a perfectly tailored black dress, her hair pulled back in a severe bun. She looked at

as crisp and emotionless as a bank statement. "I'

how I was. She

s cold and uninviting as she was. I walked through the cavernous rooms, a stranger in my own life. I watched her as she moved through the space, graceful and distant. She was beautiful, an ic