Juliette POV
The morning after leaving the divorce papers on the table, I woke to a silence that felt almost predatory. Harrison hadn’t come to the bedroom, and when I finally ventured downstairs, he was already gone. There was no note, no message, just the untouched envelope where I’d left it.
It wasn’t like him to stay quiet, and that worried me. Harrison had always been more of a fighter, even if his battles were selfish and cruel. The quiet felt like a storm waiting to strike. I knew something wasn’t right.
By mid-morning, the tension began to twist tighter. I stood in the kitchen, staring at my phone, willing myself to call Grace and check on Lily. I’d sent her there to shield her from the inevitable fallout, but now I was questioning everything. Grace was wonderful with her, but
