The Art of Unloving Him
"Gemma, we agreed on ten years. That time is up now. I'd like to leave with Kira."
"You know he never liked her," she added quietly.
In the quiet of the coffee house, Josie Carr spoke with a bitter expression.
She had lived with Graham Holloway for ten years—ten long years, and still, she hadn't managed to thaw his heart.
It wasn't love that brought them a child—it was a night of drunken confusion. He'd pushed her onto the bed, dazed and careless, and Kira came from that.
Afterward, he gave her a villa and agreed to let her keep the baby. His only condition was simple: the child must never call him father. Publicly, Graham remained a single man.
"I will never marry you. Don't hold out hope.
"I'll pay child support, but don't expect me to acknowledge her. That child doesn't exist to me."