Divorce With Benefits: A Second Chance At Love
#Married #Office Romance Jerica Evans, a devoted wife and clerk at City Hall, feels her world slowly unraveling as the cracks in her once-loving marriage deepen. Her husband, Jared, a high-powered lawyer with a fierce courtroom reputation known as "The Siberian Beast," has grown distant, and his cold demeanor leaves Jerica questioning everything. Once the pillar of her life, Jared now feels like a stranger, more lighthouse than man—steady but unreachable, leaving Jerica adrift in loneliness and suspicion. When she catches him leaving work early with a mysterious woman in a red dress, her world shatters. As she balances her growing suspicion with the suspicious arrival of Harold Braddock, Jerica's former flame, the lines between loyalty, betrayal, and her own desires blur. Her once steady life spirals as her husband’s frosty demeanor and her own emotional wounds collide. As the emotional distance between her and Jared widens, Jerica must decide whether to fight for a love that seems to have slipped away—or walk away from the man who once completed her. What will she decide? What is Jared's secret? Was their marriage truly over? Has she truly stopped loving him? This is a heartstring-pulling journey of love, pride, and the devastating cost of hidden truths and unspoken desires, where one woman must decide if she’ll fight for the man she married or leave him behind to save herself. Please support the book by voting. Leave reviews and tell me what you feel in the comments.
The Meeting
For a moment, Jerica stood in stunned silence, searching for words that refused to come. The absurdity of it all seared through her thoughts—they truly didn't know. They hadn't pieced together the truth of her marriage to Jared.
How come? How dumb are these people and why are they in such high positions?
The shrill ring of her phone shattered the moment. She glanced at the screen, the sequence of numbers familiar but menacing, and ignored it.
The judge's phone rang next, a jarring echo that made him jump. He answered it with a tremor of urgency, the chair scraping back as he stood.
"Yes, Sir. This is Jefferson." His voice was pitched with respect so profound it bordered on fear.
Jerica watched him, curiosity coiled tight in her chest.
"Yes, Sir... Yes, Sir... Of course." His eyes met hers, calculating, wary. Without another word, he extended the phone to her, hand outstretched like an offering.