The Confrontation

Gideon picked up the thick stack of legal papers. He flipped through the crisp pages with deliberate slowness, treating the life-altering documents like a trivial inconvenience. He dropped them back onto the glass coffee table with a dull thud.

"So, Gemma. You finally found the guts to bring up divorce." He lifted his dark gaze, his tone dripping with cold amusement. "Look at you."

She sat stiff