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Chapter 1: Adopt A Kid

Willow's POVI’d just folded the last of my husband Logan’s shirts and my son Leo’s little T-shirts when my phone buzzed.Probably another message from Logan telling me to pick up his package from the service center, because of course I’m the family’s full-time errand runner.I wiped my wet hands on my apron.Dinner reservations. At Swallow’s.For my birthday?I stood there for a moment, the laundry basket still balanced on my hip. Logan remembering my birthday was rare enough. Making dinner plans for it was… well, unheard of.It had been years since Logan had even remembered my birthday, let alone celebrated it with me. The last time he acknowledged my birthday was the year our son, Leo, was born.Every year after that, my birthday had been brushed aside like dust on the floor.Logan claimed he was always too busy with work, but his claims always came after the fact, a day late… a day after my actual birthday.But he’d made reservations this year. Maybe this was his way of saying I s

Chapter 2: What’s the Big Deal?

Willow’s POVI dug my fork into my main dish, but when I put the Jamaican jerk chicken into my mouth, it burned. I grimaced. It was far too spicy. I reached for my water while Beatrice smirked.“Too hot for you?” she asked.I didn’t reply. All the food on the table was made to suit Beatrice’s flavor preferences, not mine. I couldn’t tolerate spicy food. As my husband, Logan was supposed to know that.I looked up at Logan. His eyes were boring into me. He was still waiting for an answer as to whether or not I was okay with him divorcing me and marrying Beatrice so she could adopt Zoe.“Well?” Logan prodded, impatience in his voice.I set down my fork and dabbed at my mouth with my napkin.“Divorce is very serious,” I replied. “I don’t think this is the right path. I’m sorry, but Beatrice will have to find someone else to ‘fake marry’.”Logan inhaled a sharp breath at my reply and shook his head.“This is absolutely the right path,” he told me. “How can you not see that? This plan makes

Chapter 3: Divorce

Willow’s POVBefore I could react, the man’s arms wrapped around me, pulling me back. I barely had time to register what was happening before my back hit his chest.I blinked slowly, disoriented, and realized I was still in his embrace.My head tilted up, and right in front of me, a car had stopped inches away. The driver leaned halfway out the window. “Oh my God, sorry!”He tightened his hold just slightly, then shot a sharp look at the driver. “Watch where you’re going next time!”Then he turned his attention back to me, his eyes softening. “Are you okay?”I blinked, still catching my breath. “I—I’m fine. Thanks… for saving me.”I glanced at my watch. Time was running late. “I should get going,” I said, giving him a quick nod. “Thanks again.”He nodded slightly and walked away, and I couldn’t help but steal one last look at his back as I turned.So gentlemanly. Those compliments… I probably wouldn’t hear them again. I shrugged it off and went back into the restaurant.“What took you

Chapter 4: Wandering Back

Logan’s POV“Can I have one more piece of cake, Daddy?”I smiled at Leo’s sweet face, smeared in icing, but shook my head.“That’s up to, Mommy,” I told him. “It’s her birthday cake. What do you think, Willow? Can he have…”My voice trailed off as I realized that Willow wasn’t there.“Did she go to the bathroom?” I asked.Beatrice shrugged. “I don’t know,” she replied. “I actually don’t know how long she’s been gone. We were so engaged in our conversation.”“Mommy left a while ago,” Leo said, reaching for the cake.“She did?” I asked, confused. I wondered how long ‘a while’ was. How had I not noticed that Willow was gone?“Did I upset her?” Beatrice asked, a look of concern on her face. “With our request? I didn’t mean to.”I smiled at Beatrice. It was so sweet of her to be concerned about Willow.“Maybe we should just drop it. I mean, the last thing I want to do is upset my sister. We can find another way.”“Nonsense,” I told her, shaking my head. “Willow is just sulking. She’ll get

Chapter 5: Make Over

Willow’s POVPacing around the hotel room, I found myself unable to settle. I'd checked into a hotel for the night, purposely not going back to the house. Maybe my absence would make Leo and Logan realize that my presence mattered.I glanced at my phone again.It was past midnight and still nothing from Logan.A blend of anger and hurt stewed inside of me. Did I really matter that little? To both of them?Sleep didn't come to me that night. Instead, I tossed and turned all night, my phone clutched in my hand. When the sun came up and I still hadn't received even a single text from Logan, I curled into a ball on my side.Remembering the smart watch I'd bought Logan for his birthday, my heart clenched. Just a few days ago, I'd seen it lying on the kitchen table. So I picked it up and looked through his contacts.Just Beatrice and Leo.Those were the only contacts in his list.It was like I'd been completely erased, as both a mother and a wife.How long did I lay there, drowning in my o

Chapter 6: Decisions

Willow's PovI had a hard time believing what I was seeing and hearing. I coughed, the sound echoing in the room, and it alerted them both to my presence.Logan's eyes opened, but there was no terror in them. Instead, I saw a flicker of annoyance, as if I had interrupted their sex.Beatrice turned her head, her eyes widening as she saw me. She quickly grabbed the sheet, pulling it up to cover herself, her face turning pale.Logan sat up and frowned at me."Finally came home, I see?" he asked, his tone derisive. "Nice dress," he added, his smile mocking.A wave of dizziness washed over me as I realized how naïve my efforts had been. I'd truly believed that Logan and I still stood a chance, that he'd take one look at me in my sexy designer dress and…I'd been such a fool, I could barely stomach it."You said you were just friends," I told Logan, both my voice and my hands trembling. "You lied. You betrayed me."Logan ran his hands through his hair, then reached out for the bedstand. He o

Chapter 7: It Was Him

Willow's PovI had only one suitcase, but it was heavy. I’d grabbed some clothes, but mostly, I’d grabbed the notebooks hidden in the back of my closet.They were thick notebooks, and the heavy notebooks weighed down the suitcase.My mother had left the notebooks to me in her will. My father didn’t seem to care about the notebooks. Maybe he didn’t know what was in them. I did, though.Those notebooks were precious. They contained all of my mother’s perfume recipes, as well as detailed instructions about the different perfumes.When my father and I had our falling out, he gave the company to Beatrice. It had shocked me, of course. Since Beatrice was his illegitimate child.I had my mother’s notebooks, though, and I’d held on to them for all these years.Now, as I walked down the street and away from my past life, those notebooks were my only chance to turn things around for myself.They held the keys to my new perfume studio, figuratively speaking.Beatrice didn’t know about these recip

Chapter 8: Luigi

Willow's Pov Our eyes met and I watched recognition flicker on his face. I could tell he remembered me from the night before.My cheeks immediately burned.I was mortified that I was running into him again, looking like this.At least when we’d met last night, I was dressed decently. But now?I was a mess!I was kneeling on a curb, in a sweat-stained dress, my hair sticking to my forehead, my fingers grimy from trying to fix the suitcase.I froze, not knowing what to say.His eyes darted from my dirty hands to the broken suitcase to the open drain.“Lost a wheel?” he asked, a half-smile tugging at his lips. Clearly he’d put two and two together and realized that my suitcase was broken.“Yes,” I told him, trying to smooth down my unruly hair. I could only imagine what it looked like, with clumps coming undone from my updo and strands clinging to my neck. I was just about to tell him that I couldn’t reach the wheel, when he dropped to one knee.My eyes widened as I watched his expensiv

Chapter 9: The Noose

Willow's POVI nodded awkwardly.“Yes,” I lied. I figured it was a harmless lie. I wasn’t about to admit to a total stranger that I’d recently left my husband. That seemed far too personal.Besides, I wanted to maintain a cool demeanor in front of this handsome man. I already looked like a complete mess. He didn’t need to know that my personal life was also in utter disarray.“Well, I won’t keep you any longer then. Have a pleasant journey.” Then he turned on his heels to walk away.“Wait,” I called out. I had no idea what was possessing me to stop him, but for some reason, I didn’t want to see him go yet. “Can I buy you dinner?” I blurted out. “As a thank you for fixing my suitcase?”He stopped, his hand on the handle of his car.“What about your trip?” he asked.“Oh, I’m, uh, I’m not taking a flight so there’s no rush,” I said.“Well in that case, yes. It would be my pleasure to accompany you to dinner. I’m actually quite hungry myself.”“Great,” I said, flashing him a smile. “How ab

Chapter 10: Dinner

Willow's POV “What is it? Are you okay?” Luigi asked, his eyes widening.Embarrassed that I’d pinched myself and yelped out loud, I nodded.“I just, um, caught my foot on something. It’s nothing,” I told him.It clearly wasn’t a dream after all.The waiter reappeared to take our order. He displayed the menu on the table and we both leaned in. I instinctively pointed to the pan-seared cod with lemon butter sauce and mushroom risotto. Luigi’s fingertip landed on the same dish at almost exactly the same time.We looked at each in surprise.Luigi smiled and withdrew his hand.“I’ll have the steak, medium rare,” Luigi told the waiter.“Wonderful,” the waiter beamed. “Anything else?”“Actually, can I please have extra capers with my salmon?” I asked.I looked over to see Luigi chuckling.“What?” I asked him, wondering if I’d committed some sort of embarrassing faux pas by ordering extra capers. “Did I do something wrong?”“No,” he replied. “Not at all. It’s just that…that’s how I order my c

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