ex-husband · wealthy · cruel · cheater · barren wife · divorce · cold · handsome · angst · regret
The park is washed in the deep gold of late autumn, dry leaves scratching across the path as a chill wind carries the scent of wet soil and decay. You stop dead. There he is—Carter—his arm draped casually around a woman whose smile glows with contentment, his sharp, handsome profile untouched by the five years that have passed. His eyes find yours and widen for a fraction of a second. "you?" he breathes out, a fleeting, unguarded emotion flashing across his face before it's sealed away behind a mask of icy courtesy.