Chapter 51

• "M...my...love, why did you hit me?" Scarlett stammered, tears streaming down her face. This wasn't the first time Matthew had laid hands on her, but it had been years since the last incident. She had hoped those days were behind them. And all those days he had hit her, she bared it because of the life of luxury she was living in.
• 'Wasn't it better to live in a loveless marriage with all these luxuries than to be with that loser who would offer her nothing but poverty?' Back then this was her thoughts but now Christian wasn't that loser anymore instead he was a mighty man capable of giving her a life of love and luxury.
• "You bitch! How dare you cheat on me? You're..." Matthew's accusations and anger poured forth, but Scarlett's thoughts were elsewhere. She clutched the divorce papers even tighter, a newfound determination rising within her. This was the moment she had been waiting for, the moment when she would break free from Matthew's control and forge her own path to happiness.