The Perfect Wife Walked Away
"I love you, Alice. I said it before, and I meant it, and I'm going to keep saying it until you either believe me or throw me out of this villa. But I'm not just saying it anymore. Instead, I'm proving it. With every ride I give, with every franc I earn, with every day I show up and do the unglamorous, un-heroic, absolutely ordinary work of building a life that doesn't depend on my father's approval or Marie's legal documents or anyone's permission except mine."
He took a breath. Deep. Shaky. The breath of a man standing on the edge of something vast and terrifying and necessary.
"Alice McCutchen," he said, and his voice was quiet now, barely above a whisper, but it filled the kitchen the wa