The divorce papers remained unopened in the crisp yellow envelope. He had thrown it on his desk without a backward glance. Between his lashes, his dark chocolate eyes burned with fury but there was something else in the depths that she hadn’t seen in a long time, passion.

Suzan Battah
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After years of marriage, there came a moment when he finally knew what he had to do. It was obvious that this marriage was over and that the only way to survive was to protect himself. He looked at his ex-wife and knew that she would never hurt him like his ex-wife had hurt him. But he wasn’t quite sure how he would manage to keep himself safe.

Source: Rekindled Flame

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