A few weeks later:
Treasure stood in her bedroom window, gazing out at the sprawling estate, ruined gardens being covered by snow. It was too quiet after her divorce. Had Blake really accepted it was over? Treasure kept telling herself to push ahead; legally, she was no longer tied to him. After spending time with Nina Long, her lawyer and friend, she was preparing for the first time to start living as a free woman. She should have been ready to live, but she hesitated.
Recalling the final minutes in the conference, as the lawyers were wrapping up the divorce papers. His head twisted in her direction. Slowly, almost tauntingly. Blake uttered. "You will always be minds. No piece of paper can stop that or me." He said with a rakish half smile, pulling at the corner of his mouth. We were
