NOLAN POV Trying to wear Gwen’s defenses down probably wasn't the best game plan, but it was the only one I had. Her answer to the question of whether she still hated me didn't help my confidence in the scheme. The truth of the matter was that I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I'd always had good luck with women. I'd had good luck with Gwen the night I ran into her just before Christmas. But whereas other women I’d been with were happy with just s*x, or in the case of my ex wife, hoping for fortune, Gwen didn't care about either of those. I’d like to put all the blame for the demise of our marriage on my ex wife, but I had said some pretty heinous things to her too. The difference was she didn't give a s**t as long as I was forking over the money. The marriage ended because I wan

