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viral. Someone in the crowd had recorded the whole thing on their phone: Liam' s taunts, the guard

es Enterprises has husband assaulted by h

der articles about the company' s founding. They recognized Liam from fawning corporate profiles.

ad been on a steady climb, took a nosedive in after-hours trading. Talk show hosts wer

social media was flooded with hateful comments. He was branded a homewrecker, an opportunist, and a c

a grim satisfaction. It wasn't

a suitcase, when Olivia stormed in. Her face was pale,

It was open to a news article about the company' s stock plum

ou think I planned this? You think I wanted to be bea

a caged animal. "Play the victim, ruin my reputation, and try

and threw two doc

divorce

a share tran

I asked, thoug

alm. "You are going to sign over your shares in the company to Liam. As

vestment, my stake in the company I helped her create-to the man s

ness proposal, "I will sign the divorce papers. We can have a clean break. No

my own divorce?" I asked,

. This is the only way. A public statement that you' ve turned over your shares to him as a gesture of goo

ction to this life. For seven years, I had supported her, celebrated her successes, and excused her coldness, beli

was a vast, hollow emptiness. This wasn' t a mar

greement, the document that would give Liam everything he wan

re it in half. And then in half again. The pieces

ent slack

tstand. I found the signature line at the bottom, the one righ

n Mi

nto the bed next to the shredd

my voice steady for the first time all

walked out of the bedro