Divorce: A Woman Reborn

in disbelief. Even Liam' s father, who usually remained buried behind a newspaper, lowered it to peer at Chloe over the

voice a low rumble. "Let's just enjoy our dinner. No need for unpleasantn

t of the delicate, needy victim to perfection. She would sigh softly, and Liam's mother would immediately ask

part of. The food, usually tasteless in this house, seemed to have flavor

e to pick her up, was a pressure cooker of resentment. H

out, not taking his eyes off the road. "Are you

le. "Liam, your mother publicly shamed me for not having

tional. She wants a grandchil

with me," she said, the words tumbling out before she could stop them. "We haven'

e brought up the state of their intimacy, o

ouldn't wait for the day he found out she was pregnant. She wonder

parked out front. Chloe' s heart didn' t even sink, i

ned the back door. "

She looked up at Chloe with wide, innocen

lla said, her voice soft and sweet. "

her voice flat. She walke

can take the passenger seat. You sit

r. Isabella was the priorit

loe, you're so patient. I don't know how you put up

rn to endure things," she said, her voice serene. "

ke care of you, Isa. Make sure you and the baby are healthy." He said it so casually, as if

wheel, her knuckles turning white. The

her voice dangerously s

d. Liam dropped her off and then drove Chloe home in near silenc

he looked at the calendar on her phone. Two more months. Just two m

hs. Hope, for the first time in a long time