extravagant and everything a girl could ever hope for.” She stopped and stared at her ruined napkin as if
just realizing she’d torn it into shreds. Quietly, Haley set the pieces onto the table and folded her hands in
her lap.
“Even the first year was wonderful. A year-long honeymoon, I used to call it. Then I parked in his space
in the garage. Suddenly the honeymoon was over.” She paused. “He flew into a rage and hit me a few
times.”
She went quiet after that little bomb. Jeremy prompted her gently. “What did you do, honey?”
A slow smile bloomed. Sadly, it didn’t quite reach her eyes. “I left him. Moved back in with my parents.
He came crawling back, begging and crying he couldn’t live without me. I was still hurting, but he seemed
to be, too. I went back to him.” She waved her hand in the air and rolled her eyes. “I know it’s all very
cliché, but there you have it.”
“What happened to finally make you file for divorce?”
Her face turned pink and she looked away.
“Haley, you can tell me anything. I won’t judge you. There’s been lots of women come through our
department in a similar situation. You aren’t the only woman to fall for the wrong guy, sweetheart.”
Leaning toward her, he took her hand in his and stroked it. She was so fragile. He wanted to find Eric
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and hurt him. Badly.
“I caught him cheating on me.” She shook her head angrily. “He really thought he could get away with it.
He’s married to a computer geek, and he thought I’d never find out. Idiot.”
He laughed at her vehemence and was curious to find out how she’d busted the dickhead, but he was
still trying to figure out why a guy would need to cheat when he had Haley warming his bed every blissful
night.
Sounded like his kind of heaven.
“What did you do?”
She smiled for him, an impish gleam in her eyes, and his cock swelled.
“I set up two tiny hidden cameras. Those babies recorded his activities while I was at work. I got him on
tape having sex with another woman. I even had a tape of him smacking me around. Just for good
measure, I managed to tape a few of his phone conversations, too, in case he decided to try and screw
me over when the divorce papers were served. He knew he was busted. Also, while he was having sex