Chapter 4

I hadn't brought up divorce in almost three years. Saying it now felt like letting out a breath I'd been holding forever.

Fred's jaw tightened, and a vein pulsed at his temple. "Alice, are you crazy? You're pulling the same old stunt again, trying to make me dump Belle, right? I'm telling you now, it's not happening."

He thought I was trying to reel him back in. It made sense. The first time I asked for a divorce, it worked like a charm.

Back then, he'd been having a very public affair with a supermodel. When I caused a scene,…