“Innocent? You think Cindy is innocent?”
Nora let out a jagged, hollow laugh, her eyes shimmering with bitter tears. Even in her disheveled state, there was a tragic beauty to her defiance. “Nicholas, you’ve truly swallowed her poison. Even Justin sees through her act, yet you—the brilliant CEO—are being led around by the nose like a fool.”
She straightened her spine, her voice turning cold and final. “I am your wife. You refuse to believe a single word I say, choosing instead to trust a woman with a history of predatory behavior. There’s nothing left to discuss. Move your things out. From this moment on, we are separated.”
Nicholas’s pupils contracted into sharp points of ice. “You want a separation?”
He stared at the woman before him. Her hair was a matted mess, her eyes were swollen
