The Wife He Paid to Leave

Isla examines a gold pocket watch through a loupe under warm case lights.

From Isla's side.

I came to the preview because Cleve asked me to. I told myself that twice at the door.

The room smelled like polish and money. I knew that smell too well.

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.