Five years after our divorce, I unexpectedly ran into my ex-husband at my cousin’s wedding. Standing beside him was the woman he had chosen after our marriage ended. He gave me a smug smile and said, “Leaving you was the smartest decision I ever made.”

dangerously between his fingers.

“Claire…”

His voice had gone quiet.

“You’re married to Adrian Rhodes?”

I adjusted Emma on my hip and looked directly at the man who had once told me I would be nothing without him.

“Yes.”

For the first time that evening, Daniel stopped smiling.

PART 2

He recovered quickly.

Men like Daniel usually do.

They can turn almost any disaster into a temporary misunderstanding if their ego needs them to.

“So,” he said with a forced laugh. “You married well.”

Adrian’s expression cooled.

He didn’t say