Chapter 17

Kelsey POV

I slipped my finger beneath the flap of the envelope, breaking the seal with a quiet, crisp tear. My hands trembled so violently I nearly dropped the folded sheet of heavy cream paper inside.

Unfolding it, I was met by lines of dark blue ink—slanted, hasty, and written in a hand that was unmistakably mine, yet belonged to a woman I was only just beginning to remember.

My breath hitched in my throat as I began to read.

Garrison,

You got what you wanted. You signed the papers, ended the contract, and closed the door on our six years. But I know who you are, and I know the reach of Sterling Tech. I cannot exist in a world where I am just your discarded wife, waiting for your security teams to monitor my life or your lawyers to approve my steps. Since you decided I don't belong in your world, I am going to build my own. I am disappearing, Garrison. I am taking a new name, a new face, and a new life where your tracking codes