Vesper urged him to go to the ceremony and pulled him away. He had to put away his
phone.
Afterward, she wanted to travel.
Her face, so like that of his first love, compelled him to agree. They flew abroad, and he
came home a week later.
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He habitually called out to me, but there was no answer. He tried again, still getting nothing.
His unease grew as he recalled my recent attitude toward him. He called me, but only a
robotic voice answered him.
When the butler returned, he asked anxiously, “Where is Selene?”
The butler hesitated. “Mrs. Strathmore left with a suitcase a week ago.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Gideon huffed.
“I was unable to reach you,” the butler stammered.
Gideon then remembered Vesper’s plea to turn off his phone for their trip. She wanted it to be free of distractions.
He agreed, leaving work to his assistant. Consequently, he missed the news about me.
Furious, he snapped, “Selene, don’t you dare come back! Without me, where can you go?”
After a shower, he went to his study.
Two files sat on the desk. The top was our contract.
He paused, not recalling the matter until he opened it. “No way. I forgot?”
Under it was my signed divorce agreement.
He stared, then tore them up. “This is invalid. I didn’t say we were
done!”
