My Husband Told Me I Would Leave Our Divorce With Nothing—Then a Billionaire Entered the Courtroom and Called Me His Daughter

I wanted to give birth without wondering whether he would appear beside my bed and begin explaining my feelings to the staff.

The attorney helped me make those requests concrete.

Then Patrick found a larger audience.

I was in Gavin’s library when someone asked whether I wanted to see a broadcast.

They warned me first.

It was not put on every screen in the house for me to discover by accident.

I said yes.

Patrick sat on a daytime talk-show sofa wearing an open-necked shirt.