Never Again: A Wife's Resolve

When her phone remained sile

uggest you

with silence. A cold resolve settled over her. He w

he bed, to the locked drawer in his nightstand. She knew the combination; it was the date his firs

She placed it on the polished mahogany desk,

, unrestrained smile, and a lock of her dark hair, tied with a simple ribbon. It was all he had left

icture to Liam wi

onds to call me. Or

mical. She saw Liam' s name flash on th

lo,

voice a mixture of panic and pure rage.

other line, which Olivia had put on speaker.

e never heard him sound like

ndred thousand dollars of your property, and you get angry. I threaten a bottle of wine, and you pay me two

, had the same wide eyes, the same shape of her face, the same bright, almost naive smile as Chloe Miller. Chloe wasn

carrying a new, dangerous edge. "That's why Chloe

end, a silence that was mor

You're trying to resurrect the dead. And you're using our l

ly choked out, his voice thick w

rl on my desk is a memory. I am your reality. And you have been disrespecting that

hing. He was losing control, an

ne of command. "On video. And I want you to put the phone on t

o. That'

y. "Do it, or I will walk this box to t

A second later, a video call

on the table. The frame widened to show the dinner party. Chloe was loo

ant through the phone's speaker. "Sorry to interrupt your

e nodded mutely. Chloe leaned into the f

, Mrs.

at belongs to my husband. A necklace. He tells me it was a 'business expense.' But

understand," C

th our joint funds. It's a marital asset. And your flaunting it has caused a major issue in my marriage. So, yo

went silent. Chl

can't d

of of purchase from our accounts. The police would be very interested to know how a two-million-dollar piece of

help. Liam was frozen, pinned between the g

" Chloe

ally ground out,

, unclasped the necklace. The diamonds glittered under t

Olivia said, her

ght it down on the necklace. There was a sickening cru

aid brightly. "That's all. E

ded th

the room. The business associates stared, mouths agape

the nightstand drawer, and locked it. The battle