Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 42

Chapter 41

CELESTE

I stared at the document in my hand.

Then I stared at him Dominic.

He crossed the room and took it from me, looked at it, and smiled. Not the smirk from the stage. Something quieter than that.

“We are still married,” he said. “But not for much longer.”

“I don’t understand,” I said. “She signed divorce documents and you are still married?”

He set the document on the desk and leaned against the edge, crossing his arms.

“When I first found out about her affair with Julian, I was furious,” he said. “I wanted it done immediately. I drafted the documents that same week, signed my portion, and went to find her.”

He paused.

“She was getting ready to go out. In a rush, distracted, already halfway out of her own mind. I told her I had something for her to sign. I told her I had already signed it and it only needed her signature.”

“You didn’t tell her what it was?”

“I wanted her to read it.” His jaw shifted slightly. “I wanted her to see the words right there in front of her and question me about it. And I would have told her exactly why. Right then and there.”

I waited.

“She didn’t read it.” He let out a short, humorless laugh. “She didn’t even look at it. She said she was meeting an old friend, flipped it open, signed the empty space, and walked out the door.”

I stared at him.

“She signed divorce documents without reading them.”

“Without reading a single word.” He picked up the document and looked at it again. “I found out later that the old friend she was in such a hurry to meet was your husband.”

The room was quiet for a moment.

“So I kept the documents,” he said. “She is out there right now believing she is the wife of a billionaire. Very soon, I will have this processed and make sure she receives her copy.”

“And the settlement?”

“There is no settlement. She gets nothing.” His voice was flat and final. “She doesn’t deserve a single penny.”

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He set the document aside.

“I have already moved out of the house we share. She has no idea. The lease runs out in a year. She can enjoy it until then.”

I looked at him for a long moment.

“Wow,” I said. “You are quite swift and efficient.”

I picked up the iPad from the desk. On the screen, the lobby feed showed Seraphine still in the waiting area, her posture rigid, her foot tapping, her jaw tight with the effort of waiting for a man who had already

decided she did not exist.

Was it supposed to be the same with women?

“Celeste.”

I looked up.

He was watching me with that fixed, intent gaze, his eyes on mine.

I changed the subject immediately.

“The money dropped this morning,” I said, straightening my jacket. “Before I had even signed the contract. I hadn’t signed anything yet and five billion dollars just appeared in the account.”

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