t of your m

t, the tobacco spilling over his knuckles, and hurled the mangled remains onto the s

ing patient. She might not even live to see the sun rise next month, and

rea

cating laugh slipped

and we have been married for three. In all that tim

made her life miserable with endless, petty criticisms, Corina had swallowed her pride and endured it in silence. When Jayson wor

into the abyss and pulled her out. For that, she had

ess understanding and

had given him the audacity to brazenly gather their family and friends, ri

ing a deliberate step backward, physically

udgment faded, replaced by the crisp, biting chill of the night wind sweeping t

praising a stranger. "If we get a divorce, you can march straight to the courthouse and sign the papers with her. That way, she won't just

ting her off. A thick vein t

company, prime real estate-whatever you want, name it," he dictated, his tone laced with an ov

yso

e echoed from the far e

er the weight of the massive, crystal-encrusted skirt of her

l, looking at them with wide, tear-filled eyes

own her cheeks like pearls from a broken string. "I truly never intended to steal him from you. I... I just wanted

ender frame shaking so violently it looked as though she m

stance between them in three massive strides, sweeping

y did you come out? The doctors explicit

ess in his eyes were expressions Corina had never,

st Jayson's chest, her tear-stain

ine guilt or apology. She found none. Instead, hidden beneath th

all by myself..." Kate whispered, her voice breathy and weak, yet her fingers

s as hard and unforgiving as glacial ice. "Corina, do n

hrough the air of the corridor and burying

tightly around Kate's waist. He didn't look back agai

f the corridor immediately swarmed them, a flurry of anxious voice

ame, as if she were a monster who had just tried to ruin Kate's one moment of happiness. Not a

echoing corridor, her feet feeling

gh the stone arches, whipping her

sharply in the po

was a text message f

and now she is so terribly ill. Just treat this as doing a good deed. Step aside a

od d

on the screen, a wave of pure, nau