I let the phone ring, and I went back to reading the audit.

Chapter 12 — Without Hesitation

When Adira finalized the divorce petition alongside the corporate agreement, she laid the documents in front of me.

“Are you ready?” she asked gently.

I picked up the pen and signed my name without a single second of hesitation.

There had been a version of me — the version Conrad married, the version who waited at home and made excuses for the working-late nights — who would have hesitated, who would have wondered whether she was overreacting, whether she should give him one more chance.