Chapter 61

• “W-What did you just suggest?” I finally managed to stammer out, hardly able to process the implications behind his blasé statement.
• He held my wide-eyed stare steadily, utterly unruffled by the bombshell he had just dropped. “I think it may be best if we divorce,” Giovanni repeated evenly, each syllable precise and weighted. “I don’t want you to be more involved than you already are.”
• A tense, loaded silence stretched between us as his words slowly sank in. I could feel the anger that had been simmering in my veins, momentarily doused by shock, beginning to reignite and threaten to erupt once more.