She would not believe them again.

The scale of her own losses, she decided, sitting in her father’s chair, was hers to measure and no one else’s.

It always had been.

She had given the ruler away.

Chapter 15 — When Did You Start Believing It Was Yours

Dorian moved into a small apartment near his office while the divorce proceeded, and their communication grew easier, oddly, once he stopped trying to negotiate every boundary she set.

One evening he called to review the final financial documents, and before hanging up, he mentioned a recent conversation with his mother.