Chapter 7

I said, "I'm just taking back what's mine. The Montfort family's manor is mine. The businesses and properties I brought into the marriage? Also mine.

"Even everything you have now, power, status... Tell me, which of those didn't come from me? You used what belonged to me to support your mistress and set up your future kids.

"Now you want me to spare them? What gives you the right, Simon?"

Every word I spoke hit Simon right in the heart, like a sledgehammer.

His face turned pale, his lips quivering, but he couldn't utter a single word. Because everything I…