Chapter 53

STRIKER

I want divorce.

I thought it was a bad joke.

“Excuse me?” I stopped to a halt. My heart threatened to stop. The world seemed to stand still as I turned around, making me unsteady.

I knew something was wrong when I talked to Reed over the phone. And London just sat there before the sandwich I made for her and hadn’t eaten it yet.

We were happy when I left her office this morning. Something had happened between when I left and her coming over here.

“Come again?” I asked as I felt a heartbreak waiting to happen.

“I want out.” As she answered me, I wanted to see the truth right from her eyes. And to be honest, I didn’t have the strength to fight.

“What do you mean you want out?” I dragged the chair as my anger began to come out. The chair screeched against the floor, and I sat before her.

“I can’t be with you anymore.” She looked at me. Those eyes had no sparks, nothing but inconsolable pain and sadness.

“Why?” I tried