He appeared at a charity gala with Bianca Hale, a social-media celebrity known for luxury vacations and breaking up marriages. She wore my emerald necklace and told reporters she was helping Adrian begin “a more honest chapter.”
Celeste called me that night, clearly pleased.
“You see? He has moved on. Don’t make the courthouse awkward.”
“Will Bianca be there?” I asked.
She paused.
“Possibly.”
“Good.”
Celeste mistook my calm for defeat.
Adrian mistook my silence for weakness.
His lawyers demanded that I appear in person and waive further discovery. They even arranged a press conference outside the courthouse so Adrian could announce his new relationship after he finished discarding his old wife.
Then his attorney delivered one final insult.
Adrian wanted my apartment back because Bianca liked the view.
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