The sight of that custody agreement hit Rose like a bolt from the blue.
Her heart nearly stopped beating.
For a few seconds, her mind went completely blank.
Ryan slowly lowered his gaze as well, his deep eyes fixed on the child custody agreement while his fingertips traced the rim of his teacup.
“No need,” he said.
He looked at Rose. “We have no children, and therefore no custody dispute.”
Only after Ryan finished speaking did Lawyer Noah realize his mistake.
“So that's how it is. I assumed that after seven years of marriage, the two of you would have children by now, so I prepared this agreement as a precaution. Well, that's for the best—it saves us the trouble.”
It was a lawyer's habit to consider every possible scenario.
Normally, divorcing couples argued en
