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upport. She provided a witness statement that dismantled Daniel' s claims of harassment, and her lawyer, w

ense of calm. The slap, the police complaint-they weren't just attacks

to Chloe, the word

to its usual business-like crispness. "My lawyer is exp

on the steps of the police

at?" sh

not just going to defend myse

gator my money could buy. I gave him one instruction: find

Frighteningly good. Within

t was taken two days ago. Her name was Helen Reed. She was very much alive, living in a quiet retirement community in Arizona, funded b

ort money and manipulate me. It wasn't just Daniel's scheme, it was

shot of the photo of Helen Reed in her garden and the bank transfer records. Then I sen

elivered" receipt turned t

. Olivia's name flashed on the screen. I silenced it. It rang again. And

id you get thi

believe me,

gone. He must be confus

hone. We need to talk about

me that had loved her was gone, scooped out and ca

work phone, buzzed.

I've handled the license and the waiting peri

ing the past, she was already building our future

through the rooms we had decorated together, pulling my clothes from the closets, grabbing my p

the front door burst open. Olivia stood there,

by the door, and a strange, r

coming back to me. I knew you wou

as packing to move back in, that the evidence I'd sent was j

g back, Olivia

to Daniel. I'll... I'll break up with him properly this time. I was just weak, Ethan. He ne

s reaching out. I stepped back,

oney I love, you mean,"

at's not fair. We've b

I corrected her. "While you were funding you

ive the money back! I'll do anything! Just don't leave

. "You should focus on that. You and Daniel. I'm sure h

She knew she was caught. But her focus was

em. But after I marry Daniel and get the divorce, I'm coming back for you. W

t my marriage to Chloe was just a temporary, jealous reaction. She

t flicker of any residual feeling for her died out. There was no anger left, no pain. Just

one in the middle of the expensive pe

felt more like a business deal than a wedding. Then a tense lunch with her father, a titan of the industry who l

st piece of business to at

" I said. "To Ms. Olivia Hayes and Mr. D

la envelope. But I knew its contents would be devastati