Never Again: A Wife's Resolve

a Reed' s phone. It was a screenshot from her friend, Joanna

stant, was smiling brightly at the camera, her hand delicately touching a diamond necklace sparkling

d work! So grateful for a boss who recogni

ed two nights ago. He' d mentioned it was a "stunning piece of craftsmanship." He just failed to mention

t respect. Their marriage was an arrangement, a merger of his new money ambition and her old

s is amazing!" and "They must really value you!" Chloe was actively liking each

he put her phone down, stood up,

rought to the front," she

er, she received

meeting. W

ck, her fingers

ar necklace you bought her. I'm assuming her hard work was so exception

s appeared and disappeare

tanding. It was a

umorless laugh. A busines

lars to my account. Now. As compensation for the damage to my reputatio

was almo

on't be ri

on sun. In the garage, she found a heavy wrench. She walked back to the car, to the custom-built, climate-controlled display case in the

lass case, shattering it. Then she brought it down on t

the mangled model

commission. I've just saved you the trouble of insuri

tely. It was Liam, his

think you're doing? Ha

er voice even. "You spent two million on a public disp

art! It's irreplaceable!" h

are valuable to you. My position is valuable to me. You'v

ar was Liam' s sanctuary, filled with rare vintages worth a fortune. She selecte

floor, took a photo

hat pass without the transfer, another bottle gets it.

n it came to money and the things he valued. He prized his possessions, these symb

's carelessness, his assumption that she, Olivia Reed, would simply tolerate this public humi

e with the Reed name, and she got a partner whose ambition matched her own, securing her future in a world where o

timental attachment to Liam's heart, she didn't care who he loved. But she cared deeply about what was hers. And Liam, in every legal and social sense, was hers. His name, his reputation, his public

It was a notificat

$2,000,000.00 h

ttle of wine back on its