LOGINI just got my billionaire husband to sign our divorce papers. He thinks it’s another business document. Our marriage was a business transaction. I was his secretary by day, his invisible wife by night. He got a CEO title and a rebellion against his mother; I got the money to save mine. The only rule? Don’t fall in love. I broke it. He didn’t. So I’m cashing out. Thirty days from now, I’m gone. But now he’s noticing me. Touching me. Claiming me. The same man who flaunts his mistresses is suddenly burning down a nightclub because another man insulted me. He says he’ll never let me go. But he has no idea I’m already halfway out the door. How far will a billionaire go to keep a wife he never wanted until she tried to leave?
View MoreHe smoothed a strand of hair behind my ear. ‘They won’t. So stop worrying. If anyone gives you trouble, you tell me. I’ll handle it. You don’t need to be afraid of any of it.’I looked up at him, at his earnest, handsome face in the dim light. ‘Alright. Okay.’I stood up from the swing, closed the small distance between us, and wound my arms around his neck. I went up on my toes and kissed him.I put everything I had into that kiss. All the pretended faith, the manufactured confidence, the willingness to believe his pretty promises. I kissed him like I was all in.He responded instantly, his arms locking around my waist, pulling me flush against him. The kiss deepened, turning hungry, relieved, almost fervent with a kind of victory.See? Easy. He just needed to feel he’d reassured me, that he’d secured his ground.We broke apart at the sound of someone’s footsteps, breathing unevenly, foreheads touching.‘Change of venue.’ I scooped up my discarded shopping bags, took his hand, and led
After work, I strong-armed Portia into a retail therapy session.‘So let me get this straight,’ she said, holding up a silk camisole I definitely didn’t need. ‘His mum’s new bestie is his ex-fling from Singapore, and she’s now texting you for his diary? And you’re just… cool with that?’‘I’m the picture of glacial composure,’ I said, adding a truly hideous vase to my basket because why not. ‘It’s fine. It’s all fine. His mother is just being… sociable. In a matriarchal, dynasty-preserving kind of way.’Portia snorted. ‘Right. And I’m just being friendly when I tell a girl hitting on my date to get lost. It’s delightful, your optimism. Truly.’We rambled through shops until past ten, until my feet ached and my bags were heavy enough to serve as ballast.It did the job. The buzzing, superficial noise of the city and Portia’s gloriously unfiltered commentary pushed the deeper, nagging unease to the background.I dropped her off, then pointed my car towards Park Lane. I’d promised to spend
‘Nothing,’ I said, straightening up and smoothing my skirt. ‘We shouldn’t be talking about this at work. It’s against the rules. I’ve got to get back to it.’I gave his shoulder a patronising pat, picked up my tablet, and walked out.The rest of the morning passed in a tedious cycle. I buzzed in and out like a worker bee.He never brought up the dinner again.Jaclyn, however, was politely insistent.In the end, I simply texted her his direct number, which I was ninety-nine per cent sure she already had, and wrote: [I’m not in charge of Mr Hastings’s private social schedule. It would be best to contact him directly.]Then came the business dinner. A special circle of hell populated by three older investors who seemed to believe a deal couldn’t be consecrated without a blood sacrifice of vintage claret.They were monstrously, relentlessly fond of the bottle, toasting everything from the weather to the decline of the high street with grim, ritualistic enthusiasm.Kai and I exchanged a gla
The private lift went up to the executive floor.Lochlan walked ahead of us. He didn’t break stride as he spoke, tossing the words over his shoulder. ‘Kai, you and Hyacinth will switch duties today.’Then he was gone, vanishing into his office and leaving Kai and me standing in the hushed corridor like a pair of mildly reprimanded schoolchildren.We exchanged a look.‘Told you,’ Kai murmured.I just shrugged.I didn’t ask what had put Lochlan in such a foul mood. I had a pretty good idea.‘Are you going to be okay?’ Kai asked.‘I’ll be absolutely fine.’ I gave him a patently false smile and walked back to my own office.Once inside, with the door shut, I slumped into my chair.My new phone sat accusingly on the desk.Jaclyn Lemon had been gently but persistently pushing for an answer on Lochlan’s schedule. She’d made it abundantly clear the request came from his mother.‘I do hope you won’t mind helping,’ she’d written, as if I were a slightly slow butler. She’d even offered me his mot












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