Chapter Eighty Three

Sinjin hoped it was just his muddled mind causing him to misinterpret what Eds had said. She wanted to end things? Their marriage? Or was she talking about the unspoken attraction they'd both been pretending not to act on?

"What do you mean by 'end this'?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

"You know exactly what I mean. I'm talking about our marriage. It’s fake, isn’t it?" she replied, her tone casual as she shrugged. "I married you for my boys, and you married me to keep your mother off your back. It worked, but I’m done now. I want out."

Sinjin’s legs gave way, and he sank onto the edge of the bed, stunned. She wanted out of the marriage—she wanted a divorce. This was out of nowhere. Just yesterday, they’d been joking, and she’d teased him about his baby pictures.

What could have changed in the last twenty-four hours for her to want to end everything so suddenly?

"Why?" His voice sounded unfamiliar to him, shaky. "I need to understand. If something happened…"

"For God's s