Chapter Forty-Two

“I don’t understand. What do you want me to tell him when he picks up the phone?” I asked her as she handed the phone to call Damien with.

“Tell him that the kidnappers told you something about him that you were shocked to find out about, and let him know that you’re shattered by what you have just found out. Because of the betrayal that you feel, you want to get a divorce from him,” she recited.

“That’s not possible. We only got married yesterday,” I protested, shaking my head. “Besides, Damien is never going to believe that I want a divorce just like that.”

“Oh, so you now know him more than I do?” she asked me with a glare that said she was daring me to answer to that.

Defeated, I took the phone and dialed Damien’s number, placing it against my ear.

It didn’t take over two seconds of the phone to ring before Damien picked up the phone.

“Lauren, how are you doing? You don’t have to worry about anything. I’m doing everything I can to fi