SHE SIGNED THE DIVORCE WITHOUT A WORD—THEN ARRIVED BY BILLIONAIRE JET AND DESTROYED THEIR EMPIRE

didn’t. You were twenty-four and in love. Or what you thought was love. I couldn’t stop you any more than I could stop the tide. So I waited.”

“For me to fail.”

“For you to learn.”

Then he picked up his tablet.

“The divorce is finalized?”

“I signed this morning. Prenup. Everything stays with the Hayes family. I get nothing.”

Marcus made a sound that might continue reading …