Scarlett POV
I caught my reflection in the closing doors.
Same face. Fresh eyes. No more hope behind them.
I crossed the lobby and pushed out through the main doors before anyone could see my face do something I didn't want witnesses to see.
I texted Delaney from the sidewalk: I'm out. For good.
There was still a mess of my things at the Hale estate, so that's where I went first.
By the time I got there, the sun was already down.
Walking back into the house I used to call home felt complicated in a way I hadn't braced for.
I'd picked out every detail myself.
Soon enough, some other woman would live in it instead, and it wouldn't cost her anything to change a single thing about it, because she'd actually be the one he wanted there.
I pushed the bitterness down and walked into t
