Ex-husband Wanted an Open Marriage With My Sister
The photograph of Elise on the desk behind her — the laughing woman with green eyes and a scar on her collarbone, wearing a man's shirt on a sunlit dock.
"You married your cousin to appease a family that destroyed your mother." She said it slowly. Each word placed with the care of someone laying stones across a river. "You tried to get her out. You failed. She died. You spent the next six years building a foundation for orphans and dismantling the family that killed her."
"That's the summary, yes."
"That's not a summary, Caspian." Her thumb traced the line of his cheekbone one more time, then she pulled her hand away. His fingers tightened on hers for a second — a reflex, a grab — before rel