All Chapters of The Wife He Never Loved : Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Aria’s POVThe law office of Mitchell & Associates was tucked into a corner building in downtown Manhattan, far enough from Jason’s usual haunts that I wouldn’t risk running into anyone who knew him.I’d called that morning while Jason was still sleeping off his hangover. Made an appointment under my real name…Aria Myles…not Hartley. The receptionist hadn’t questioned it.Now I sat in a leather chair across from Marcus Mitchell, a man in his late fifties with graying hair and sharp eyes that had probably seen every kind of marital disaster imaginable.I slid the folder across his desk.“This is everything I have,” I said.He opened it slowly, examining each piece of evidence. The hotel receipts. The text message printouts. The credit card statements showing jewelry purchases I’d never received. The photo of Violet wearing the $15,000 necklace.Then the photo from last night…my bruised cheek, the red handprint still visible.He studied that one longer than the others.“Your husband did

Aria’s POVI woke up to sunlight streaming through the guest room window and the buzz of my phone on the nightstand.A text from Marcus: “Papers are ready. Come by the office at 8 AM.”I checked the time. 7:15 AM.Jason’s bedroom door was already closed when I passed it on my way to the shower. I could hear him moving around inside, getting ready for work.I couldn’t wait to see the look on his face after I handed him the papers.Marcus had everything ready when I arrived. The divorce petition sat on his desk, thick and official-looking.“Grounds for divorce: adultery and physical abuse,” he said, flipping through the pages.“I’ve included copies of all your evidence. The hotel receipts, the photographs, the recording from the parking garage.”He paused at the photo of my bruised cheek. “And this.”I stared at my own face in the image. “Once you sign this and he signs it, we file with the court,” Marcus continued. “The prenup becomes void due to the adultery clause. You’ll be entitle