The Wife He Paid to Leave

A page of handwritten watch repair notes with a name written at the bottom.

Balance staff, worn. Replaced. Pallet fork, cleaned and oiled. Two jewels re-set.

I wrote it all out until my wrist ached. Under the last line I wrote my name.

Isla. Just Isla, like before the contract and after it.

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.