Unraveling A Twisted Marriage

as now synonymous with failure and fraud. My social media was a cesspool of hate. My

eading. A summons from my m

ike a museum. I found her in the sunroom, and she wasn't alone. Brodie Potter was perched on a

mooth but with an edge of steel. "We need

ll, pitying smile. I

's reputation. You will stop this nonsense about a divorce. You will issue a public apology for

ded. "You want me to what

matriarch was now on full display. Two large men who worked as her security stepped closer, their presence a clea

I said, my voice

marriage." She leaned forward. "Did you ever wonder why a family like ours was so eager to have Gregory marry a girl w

od ran

er Industries to give you a foothold in this world. They gave up their life's work for you. If you divorce Gregor

rk to a larger company to secure my future. They never told me it was a trade. For him.

. "You will accept this. You will tolerate Brodie.

looked from his mother to me, a flicker of annoyance

" she snapped back, her tone sharp. I

s leave them to talk." They swept out of the room, leav

ike that," he said, his voice so

gory? Why

rwise," he said with stunning honesty. "And I wan

had won. "So, now that you know, you see you can't leave, right? Yo

dishonor them! You used them! You used me! You took everything fr

e so dramatic! It was a good deal for every

a life! This

, turning for the door. "Brodie

of my parents' sacrifice. I was trapped. Cornered. There was no legal way out, no way to figh

sperate thought sparked in the darkness. If Calista Ga

ut my phone, my hands steady for the firs