Chapter 4

As I watched his cold back, something finally clicked.

It wasn't that he didn't want a divorce. He simply couldn't afford one.

The Stone family valued reputation above everything else. He had only just taken over the company, and a divorce scandal at this stage could send the stock price into free fall and damage his position.

And Claire, having just finalized her own divorce, wasn't in a position to marry him immediately either.

So he needed me to stay. To keep playing the role of Mrs. Stone until it no longer mattered.

My heart turned cold.

So in his…