All Chapters of You Had This Divorce Coming: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Lucille looked at the card and took it. Gideon had told her to spend whatever she wanted, and she had no reason to refuse. She was done being the kind of woman who emptied her own savings to keep a man satisfied.Gideon bent to kiss her forehead, then gave her shoulder a light pat. "Get some sleep. I'll be back soon."He turned and walked out, his steps quick and slightly unsteady.The sound of them faded, and the bedroom fell silent.Lucille went into the bathroom. She dragged her fingernails across her neck until the marks she left covered the ones he had put there. Then she turned the water as hot as she could bear and stood beneath it until the shaking finally stopped.She still felt sick.The shirt was ruined. She threw it into the trash, found an old set of clothes she had left in the closet, and changed.Then she walked out.Grace appeared from somewhere down the hall, her eyes filled with something close to heartbreak. "Mrs. Prescott, please wait a little longer. He'll

Gideon noticed it immediately. Alarm broke through his composure as he stepped forward and caught her by the shoulders. "Rayne, what's wrong? I've told you before, with your heart condition, you can't let yourself get this worked up. Come on. Deep breaths."Rayne drew in a long, trembling breath. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed against his chest.His heart lurched. He knew this was wrong, and he started to pull away. Then he saw the pain twisting her face and couldn't bring himself to do it.She wrapped both arms around his waist and clung to him, her entire body shaking. "Giddy, I don't want to be apart from you again. You have no idea what those five years overseas were like for me."I know now that you're the only person in this world who actually cares what happens to me. I don't know how I would've gotten through the pregnancy and birth without you."Gideon stood there, at a loss for words. He still remembered the day his aunt brought Rayne home from the orphanage. She h

"Let go of me! Who are you? What do you want?" Rayne screamed as she fought with everything she had.The man restrained her effortlessly. He was tall, dressed in a black coat, and he didn't say a word.In the moonlight, his eyes looked flat, cold, and filled with something that made her chest tighten.Before she could make out his face, he seized her and dragged her toward the water one step at a time."No, no! Help! Giddy!"Rayne kicked wildly. Her heels disappeared somewhere in the sand. Her fingers clawed at the ground, leaving ragged lines behind.The cold reached her ankles first, then her knees.Then the man forced her under. Salt water rushed into her mouth and throat. Her lungs burned as though something inside them had caught fire. She thrashed in the dark water, her arms flailing in every direction.Then he yanked her back up, only to shove her under again. He did it more than once."Had enough?" His flat, emotionless voice drifted close to her ear. "Good. Keep your

The number on the screen stopped Gideon cold.Lucille had never spent money like this in her life. Every time he had encouraged her to treat herself, she would smile and say there was no rush, that being careful with money was simply common sense, that life was long.He had always considered himself lucky for that. She was nothing like Rayne, who burned through money without a second thought and still came to him for more whenever Otto's allowance ran short.When he handed Lucille that card, he had been completely confident. He knew her character. He had told her to spend freely because he was certain she never would.But she had.In less than a day, she had already carved a serious dent into his net worth, and the charges were still coming through.At this rate, no amount of money would be safe.Gideon called his bank manager and had the card suspended immediately.…Otto arrived at the beach to find Rayne sprawled across the sand, drenched and barely moving.He looked at he

Daphne stepped directly in front of her brother and looked up at him without flinching. "Resignation is a matter of personal choice. If Lucille wants to leave, there are no grounds to refuse it."Gideon's composure cracked. "Do you have any idea what you're doing? Lucille isn't just an employee. She's also—""Your wife?" Daphne cut him off coldly. "You've spent five years telling everyone you run this company without favoritism, that no one gets special treatment. I never once saw you extend her any courtesy as your wife. So which is it?"Gideon had nothing to say. He hadn't expected this.Of all the people who might stand up for Lucille, his eldest sister, the one who had always held Lucille to the harshest standards, was the last person he would have named.Lucille paused and looked at Daphne with genuine surprise. She wasn't naive enough to believe anyone in the Prescott family was acting out of real concern for her. Most likely, Daphne simply wanted her gone so Rayne could ste