Hearing her panic, Shawn hurried back inside, assuming something else had happened with the divorce papers.
"Lydia sued you?" Willa shouted, her voice trembling. "Has she lost her mind? This is going to ruin you!"
Shawn snatched the papers from her hands. The words were impossible to miss. Lydia had formally accused him of intentional assault.
"And this..." Willa's face turned pale as she flipped through the documents. "She wants an asset-free divorce too? How can she do that? You worked harder than anyone all these years! How can she take everything for herself?"
She waved the papers frantically, but Shawn suddenly shoved her aside.
"Enough!" His voice was cold and exhausted. "I agreed to those conditions myself."
Willa froze.
"If I ever betrayed Lydia," Shawn said quietly, "then i
