Failed Escape
"Just divorce her one more time—for me. The last time. And promise me, you'll never marry her again."
Rage surged through me. I shoved her back.
"Do you really think marriage is some kind of game? That you can just say yes and no whenever it suits you?"
She stumbled into the sideboard, wincing as pain shot through her ribs.
Bella's words replayed in my mind like a cruel echo:
"Aaron, you keep marrying and divorcing like you collect loyalty stamps.
"Get seven stamps, and what — the next one's free?"
The words pricked at me like a tiny, relentless needle, barely there, yet sharp enough to lodge deep in my chest.