Regretful Man, Redeemed Woman

ound was a soft thud in the quiet study. Ethan didn't look up

e asked, his tone f

ad practiced this moment in her head a thousand times. "

d on the papers. He picked them up, his gaze scanning the top page for less than a second

apped it, and scrawled his name on the line without reading a sin

ied to him, and their entire life together was ending with a casual signature and a dismissi

, her throat tigh

at officially severed her life from his.

k on his computer screen. "I' m going to be busy with Isabella fo

nd staircase to their bedroom, and began to pack. She moved with a strange sense

the life she had tried so hard to build. It was all just stuf

e nightstand. It was h

do it?" Chloe' s

igned papers resting on her lap. "I did.

"Oh, honey. I' m so sorry. But I' m also proud of you.

felt like a prison. "The flight is tomorrow morning. I' ve a

hloe' s voice softened. "How

ache there was a constant, dull reminder. "The doctor said

ie. He doesn' t deserv

ad been standing in this very room, holding a positive pregnancy test. She had been so happy, so full of a naiv

She had cooked his favorite meal and put on the dr

knee, a huge crowd around him. He was holding a diamond ring up to Isabella, his college sweetheart, who h

ad gone to meet the love of his life. The shoc

p in a hospital bed, alone, with the news that she had lost the baby. He never even knew it exist

nor whispered into the phone.

ll me when you la

ve you

the signed papers. It wasn't just a divorce. It was a dec