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Lynette Kensington's rules took effect on the second day of our marriage. "Your monthly spending is capped at 2,000 dollars. For any single purchase over 100 dollars, photograph the receipt and send it to me for approval. It's not that I'm cheap. I'm helping you learn how to budget. You've never had any discipline with money," she claimed. I thought she had a point. So for three years, buying a single jacket meant budgeting for half the month, and replacing a pair of contact lenses meant waiting for her approval. Then, last month, I found a supplementary card statement tucked inside the pocket of her trench coat. The cardholder was Jayden Scott, her Administrative Director. The transactions from the previous three months: A luxury menswear boutique: 17,400 dollars. A high-end annual golf membership: 6,400 dollars. A Michelin-starred restaurant: 2,800 dollars. The total amounted to more than a year of my living expenses. I carefully refolded the statement exactly as I had found it and slipped it back into the same pocket. That night, Lynette came home and found me sitting with the ledger. "How much did you spend today?" she asked, barely sparing me a glance. I didn't look up. "25 dollars. 13 dollars on groceries, and 12 dollars on utilities." She gave a satisfied hum and walked into the study. But what I wrote on the last page of the ledger wasn't a number. It was my name, my signature on a divorce agreement she hadn't seen yet.
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Husband on Approval Chapter 10
A year later, my studio held its first private exhibition.My mother sat in the front row with the repaired sapphire pendant around her neck. The crack had not been hidden. Instead, a thin line of gold traced its edges.She touched the pendant and asked, "Why not get a new one?""The old one still works fine.""You don't mind the crack?"I straightened her sleeve. "A crack is a crack. There's no reason to pretend it never happened."The final piece in the exhibition was a remade version of Homecoming. I had abandoned the original crescent shape and left an empty space at the center of the brooch. I renamed it Echo.Denise stood beside the display case and asked, "Someone offered seven figures. Will you sell it?""No.""Keeping it for a future child?" she asked.I shook my head. "Keeping it for myself."Lynette had come by three times, and each time, she had been turned away at the door. On her fourth visit, she did not ask to see me. She simply left something at the front de
Husband on Approval Chapter 9
On the day of the divorce mediation, Lynette arrived 20 minutes late. She wore the same dark gray coat she had worn when we registered our marriage. The cuffs were already worn thin."Traffic," she said.I checked the time. "40 minutes left before this ends."The mediator asked about the division of assets.Lynette listed the marital home, our savings, and her shares in the Kensington Group. She offered all of it to me."I only want him to withdraw the divorce," she claimed."No," I said."Then the house is yours. The shares are yours too. We can delay the divorce for a year," she suggested."No."She turned to me. "Harold Weston, what exactly do you want from me?""Sign it."Lynette pressed her hand against the agreement. "I've already cut off contact with Jay. Every dollar he misappropriated has been recovered. I've fixed everything that bothered you.""He was never what bothered me," I said."Then what was it?"I looked at her. "It was having a 102°F fever and needing
Husband on Approval Chapter 8
The day the special audit results came in, the Kensington Group called an emergency shareholders' meeting.Jayden sat at the far end of the conference table, with 273 transaction records spread out before him. The total was 1,200,000 dollars.Beyond the clothes, the watch, and the meals, the expenses included a down payment on an apartment registered in his mother's name.The head of the audit team asked, "Mr. Scott, how does this property relate to company operations?"Jayden looked at Lynette. "Ms. Kensington said my housing situation was unstable and could affect my work."Lynette sat at the head of the table, her voice steady. "The money comes out of my annual bonus.""Your bonus hasn't been disbursed yet," the audit lead said. "This payment came out of the Marketing account."The board members murmured among themselves.Jayden's eyes reddened. "I don't know how Finance handles the bookkeeping. Ms. Kensington arranged all of it."I pushed another document across the table
Husband on Approval Chapter 7
I reopened the studio after three years. The sign outside was thick with dust, and the key stuck twice before the door finally opened.The tools on the desk were exactly where I had left them.Lynette stood in the doorway but did not come inside. "The landlord said you're renewing the lease for five years.""Yes.""The Kensington Group could give you an entire floor of office space," she pointed out."No need.""What about equipment and a team?" she asked."Already hiring."She set a contract on the desk. The Kensington Group was willing to return the Glimmer project to me, preserve my full design credit, and give me ten percent of the brand's profits."What's the condition?" I asked."Withdraw the divorce filing."I shook my head. "Then there's nothing to talk about."Lynette pressed her hand against the contract. "This is the opportunity you used to want most.""I used to want your respect too."The sound of workers carrying equipment drifted in through the open window.
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