The Wife He Paid to Leave

The dark-haired woman tucks the folded photo into her bag beside her loupe, chin up, walking back into the crowd.

I folded the photo in half and put it in my bag, next to my loupe.

Then I walked back into that room with my chin up, because it was the only thing left to do.

But I knew what I'd be doing tonight. I'd be standing in front of my shop mirror, checking.

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.