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Chapter 9 "Talk about Divorce"

Author: Laura C.
last update Last Updated: 2024-02-25 21:15:38

Under the withering heat of Blake's forbidding expression, Tally's bravado crumbled like sandcastles under a crashing wave. The defiant fire that had flickered in her eyes moments ago extinguished, replaced by a cold dread that silenced any further attempts to manipulate the situation.

"Now, you just need to rest and think about what you've done."

Blake exited the sterile confines of the ward, the sterile white walls somehow mirroring the hollowness he felt inside. He slammed the door shut a little too forcefully, the echoing sound a subconscious reflection of the turmoil brewing beneath his carefully constructed facade of indifference.

On the surface, he appeared unfazed by Eva's defiance. He'd gotten what he wanted - Tally, the woman who represented a simpler time, a time before the complications of marriage and responsibility, secured the life-saving surgery. Yet, a niggling annoyance gnawed at him, a persistent itch he couldn't quite scratch.

Eva's icy stare, the accusation burnin
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