Chapter 3

Julian wasn't sitting around either. After I smashed one of his cars, he showed up on entertainment headlines with three different cover girls.

The media mocked me as the "fastest ex-wife ever," while he cemented his title as the city's top player.

We were like two immature kids, hurting each other just to remind ourselves we still mattered to the other.

The turning point came with the cross-sea bridge project we'd both invested in. It was a once-in-a-century project, a symbol of the powerful alliance between the Evans and Sterling families.

But after our divorce, the partnership between our two…