Chapter 2089 The Entanglement
- The grin frozen on Bryce's face fractured like cheap porcelain. Outside affairs were never meant to cost a marriage—at least not in the comfortable fantasies men like him entertained. Almost none of them ever planned to end up single.
- He had never once pictured divorce. In his perfect world, the home flag stayed aloft while colored pennants fluttered elsewhere in the breeze. Bad luck intervened. His liaison with Janet found its way to his wife's ears. She had always been gentle, accommodating, yet over this, she stood unmovable. Apologies, gifts, even groveling on his knees failed. In the end, he signed the decree because no other door remained open. And once free, with Janet carrying his child, marrying her felt like the only road left.
- He often replayed the crossroads in his mind. If his ex-wife had forgiven him, if she had burned the proof and let the matter die, he would never have walked away. But life rarely grants second drafts.