The Wife He Paid to Leave

Isla presses the stem of the gold watch while Cleve leans in beside her.

I set the watch on the bench and pressed the stem.

The chime rang. Clear and low, and it filled the whole shop.

Cleve didn't move. He just stood there with his mouth open.

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.