(Aurora's POV)
I sat.
He was quiet for a long moment. I could see him calculating - the appeal timeline, the public exposure of a second trial, the Rathbone family's patience wearing thin, his mother's disapproval. He needed this finished. He needed to close this chapter so he could start the next one with Sienna.
That was his leverage against himself, and he knew I knew it.
"Fine," he said at last. "Full market-value asset division. Structured over eighteen months." He looked at his lawyer. "Draw it up."
"Rosalind's support," Gavin added without missing a beat.
Jasper's eyes flicked to him. "Six thousand a month."
"Done," I said.
We signed the preliminary agreement forty minutes later.
I walked out of the private room with Gavin at my side and felt something I hadn't felt in a lo
