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Chapter 6

Author: Asteria
At nine sharp the next morning, Luca showed up at the family law firm right on time.

He was wearing a sharp, dark gray tailored suit and clutching my wedding ring tightly in his fist.

The moment he saw me, his expression relaxed into a calm demeanor. "Sleep well last night?"

His tone was so natural it felt like we'd just had a routine spat.

I didn't answer, taking my seat directly across from the lawyer.

Handling our affairs was the family's long-time legal counsel. He slid two sets of divorce p
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    As the final stroke hit the paper, every last drop of laughter in the room died instantly.The crowd that had been counting down just moments ago now stared at me in stunned silence, their phones still frozen in midair.I capped the pen and pushed the divorce papers back across the table.The smile on Luca's face froze solid. He yanked the document toward him, frantically flipping to the last page.When he saw my signature inked clearly on the line, his face went deathly pale."Viola. Do you even realize what you just signed?""I do," I said."This isn't one of those fake documents we used to play around with! This is real!" he shouted."That's why I signed it," I replied calmly.The spell broke, and a few people in the room finally reacted. Someone forced a dry laugh, scrambling to smooth things over."Man, Viola's taking her acting to a whole new level this year! Come on, Luca, just call the game off already.""Yes, it was just a seven-day trial run. We were all just messing around."

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