Aria's POV
The silence in the room lasted only a heartbeat.
Then Damon suddenly snatched the divorce agreement from the bed.
His fingers shook violently.
"No." His voice was rough. "I won't accept this."
Before I could react, the papers split apart in his hands.
Rrrrip!
Again. Again. Again.
He tore every page into tiny pieces until white scraps fluttered through the room like dying snowflakes.
His breathing became ragged. "I won't divorce you."
Lydia let out a quiet sigh. He still doesn't understand.
No, he doesn't.
I looked calmly into Damon's frantic eyes. "It doesn't matter."
His expression froze. "What?"
"The divorce contract became effective the moment Walter stamped it with the Hawthorne family crest."
I glanced at the shredded paper scattered across the floor.
"You c
