The Wife He Paid to Leave

Declan steps around the desk and stands close, telling her pride doesn't pay rent.

He came round the desk and stopped close enough that I could smell his soap.

The same soap from the day he asked me to sign. My chest went tight and warm at once.

Declan

Take the money, Isla. Pride doesn't pay rent on Gilt Row.

The Wife He Paid to Leave

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I married Declan Pryce to save my watch shop. He married me to keep his family shares. I told myself the contract was enough. 'It was only a marriage on paper,' he says. Then his first love comes home, and he ends it with papers and a check. I take the papers. I leave the check. He sees my work in his own auction house. He hears Vivienne call me a copy of her. I don't beg. I don't break. Now he wants to know what was real. I need him to prove he can love the woman he paid to leave.