It took Eleanor a beat to fully process what she'd just heard.
Her grip on the phone tightened.
"What is that supposed to mean? 'Not getting divorced'?"
"Exactly what it sounds like."
His flat indifference set something off in her.
She'd sat here the entire day, waiting for the reporters to clear so they could finally, actually go through with this.
"Julian, are you messing with me right now?"
"Grandpa's in the hospital."
Her eyes went wide.
"Because of... me?"
Julian answered only with a cold laugh.
Eleanor couldn't tell which way to read it.
Maybe she'd caused this all the drama, the scandal, everything spiraling until it hit Edward directly.
Or maybe he was mocking her for assuming she carried that much weight in his family's life.
She genuinely couldn't tell.
"Either way
