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.
Foolish? Selfless? Romantic?
Jared's shoulders sagged, and he looked down, avoiding her gaze. "I just need to get out of here," he said quietly, his voice heavy with exhaustion and emotion.
The words stung more than Jerica expected. They hit her like a cold slap, and she bit her lip hard to keep the lump in her throat from escaping as a sob. Whatever fragile hope she'd been holding onto slipped further away, leaving her chest hollow and aching. She felt like she had pushed him too far, too soon.
She knew he wasn't ready for this conversation, especially now, when his body was frail, his energy sapped. He needed rest, treatment, and time. Her timing couldn't have been worse, and the guilt weighed heavily on her.