Chapter 5

Leaning against the door, my whole body was shaking.

This wasn't the first time I'd brought up divorce.

Back when I was in prison, I submitted a divorce application every month, but each time, Nikolas rejected my request, saying our relationship hadn't broken down yet.

He didn't want a divorce.

He needed me, as Mrs. Zorion, to keep people from gossiping and to keep the Styles family in line.

He wanted me to stay quiet, like some ornament in this hollow marriage, so he and Wilhelmina could flaunt their so-called "great love" without anyone getting in their way.

But I…