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Karl looked like I had just slapped him hard across the face. His expression was one of stunned disbelief as the color drained from his face.

"What?" he gasped out on a ragged exhalation. His eyes searched my face desperately as if hoping to find some sign that this was all an elaborate joke.

I gave a grim nod, confirming his worst fears without an ounce of remorse. "You heard me. After you divorced me, I had no plans to actually remarry you like I said."

I felt emotionally drained, wrung out like a dishrag, but I couldn't seem to stop the torrent of anguished words from spilling out.

It was as if months of pent-up frustration and resentment were finally finding release, and I was powerless to stem the flow.

"Please Karl...please just end this marriage," I begged.

His expression shutter.

"I've had enough for one day.” My shoulders slumped in exhaustion. "I can't keep playing the role of your devoted little wife anymore. I just can't..."

My voice trailed off as a lump of unsh