leep well." Celina pressed a hand to h

l be moving out today. Take your ti

were steady, confident, disappearing down

divorce agreement. A single tear escaped, then anot

to the bathroom and retched violently into the toilet, her body convulsing wi

ater on her face, staring at the pale

th a tray in her hands. "Mr. Ingram gave me orders before he left t

her. Maybe Blake didn't really not love her, or not value their

ybe she could tell him she was pregnant

nd out who that woman was. She had to l

ivorce agreement lay like a verdict. Picking up

a real

ter a long wait.

p like a coat of armor. She would not let him see her break. She drove

ing with his back to her, a formidable silho

ntries. "Is it because of her? Th

uilt on his face, only a wea

ean?" she demande

ent, then he said the

was Blake's college sweetheart. The one he never, ever talked about, which somehow made her presence in his past loom ev

s massive desk to steady herself. So that's all this was. A pla

y now. "I married you only because your family had done mine

ist

three years of marriage, of shared meals, of sleeping in

r real love is back, and the little sister

t. His silence w

tch his face when he heard the news. Maybe then he wouldn't be able to say he thought of her as a sister.

softness in his gaze vanished. "Don't tell me you're trying to

mean, w

lake's brow furrowed. "The child will not be

ermination of the pregnancy to avoid complications related to inheritance. If the pregnancy is not terminated according to the husband's wish

she wouldn't let him use it to hold anything over her. If she wanted this baby, if

houlders, and walked out. She would not gi

y, her heels clicking on the pavement. She pulled out her phone, sc

er feed. It was from Preston Sinclai

ing, his arm wrapped securely around the waist of a stunning blonde woman. Th

d her instantly.

: "Welcome back

st night. While she was at home, wait

c, about being tired-it was all to

g the last of her composure. She leaned against the cold

very beginning. And she was

She left every group chat, every social circle

nforgiving sky. She reached

g for two people. Herself, and the

finished her current work project, she would divorc

private design studio. She needed to work now. She need