Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 79

By the time Wren finished editing the divorce papers, it was almost one in the morning.

She didn't head to bed right away.

The laptop screen was still glaring, a glass of ice-cold water sat on her desk, and the sprawling city lights reflected off the dark river outside.

She uploaded the final batch of supplementary evidence to Mr. Clarke.

[File it immediately.]

After hitting send, Wren leaned back in her chair and stared into space for a long time.

Those words felt a thousand times heavier than just saying, "I want a divorce."

One was an intention.

The other was pulling the trigger.

She had tried to give Lawrence a clean, dignified exit.

She had mailed the papers directly to his office, asking him to sign them so they could just walk away quietly.

But he hadn't even bothered to look at them.

Maybe those papers were still buried in some drawer at the Langford headquarters.

Or maybe he had seen them and simply assumed she was throwing another tantrum.

It didn't matter anymore.

She was officially done waiting for him to open that envelope.

Mr. Clarke replied almost instantly.

[I'll submit the filings to the courthouse first thing tomorrow morning.]

Wren stared at the text and simply typed, [Thank you.]

She shut her laptop, stood up, and wandered into the living room.

The planetary model on the bookshelf was still glowing.

Its pale blue light drifted through the shadows, like a stubborn little star refusing to burn out.

Standing in front of it, Wren was suddenly slammed with a memory of Leo when he was a toddler.

The tiny boy had been terrified of the dark, clinging to her neck, refusing to let go.

"Mommy, don't leave me."

Back then, she would always kiss his forehead and whisper, "Mommy's right here."

And she had stayed.

She had stayed in the Langford estate for six years.

She had sacrificed everything to protect her son, her marriage, and a house that felt less like a home with every passing day.

But now, she was finally walking out the door.

It didn't mean she was abandoning her son.

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