Chapter 82

Same night when Averill signed the divorce papers.

When Noah went out of the house, she slumped to the floor. ‘It finally gave up, huh?’ she thought as she stared at her trembling knees.

A tear fell from her eyes… then a fall followed it through. She cried and wept as she reminisced the days they spent together. All the sweet kisses at night, the hugs that warm her cold being… all the wishes she prayed every night are now shattered.

He still complied with the contract they had.

One year.

One year and it’s all over.

One year and they’ll divorce each other. Funny how Averill thought it would be different the moment Noah looked at her with caring eyes, asking her to date him. It was all nonsense. Maybe Noah was just appeasing himself with the loss of their child or maybe because he knew that Yanna was planning to marry John Hulson and he needed someone to replace her temporarily.

Averill had all these thoughts while holding her knees close to her body.

After a while, she received