ke’s mom sank weakly to the floor.]]


    She kept mumbling stuff under her breath. All the fight just drained right out of her.[]


    ke’s dad looked awful.]]


    I watched him clench his fists, then let go. Over and over.]]


    “Victoria… please. What’ll it take for you to delete these videos?<b>” </b>


    His voice was totally broken.[]


    I turned off the TV, my face totally nk, and said:


    “Let ke divorce me. And I want every penny that’s mine–not a cent less.”


    The two people came here hoping I’d convince Dad not to go after them. When they left, their backs were hunched over.[]


    Next morning I went to see mywyer.


    We went through everything ke and I owned. After we finished the divorce agreement, there was still time before lunch break.


    So I took the divorce papers straight to ke’spany.]


    When I found ke, he was standing by the floor–to–ceiling windows and smoking.[]


    He heard movement and turned around.[]


    Soon as he saw me, he put out his cigarette real quick.


    I didn’t waste words. Just pulled out the signed divorce paper from my <b>bag </b>and pped it on his desk.


    “Hurry up and sign these. We can still get to city hall while there’s time.<b>“</b>[]


    ke didn’t look at the divorce papers. He walked over to me with a pained expression I’d never seen:[]


    “Victoria, I don’t agree to divorce.”


    1 rolled my eyes, totally speechless and let out a coldugh:


    “Oh really? You want me to pur that video of you and Amber kissing on <b>every </b>big screen in Manhattan?”]


    ke’s face went deathly pale in a sh. His lips trembling, and mumbled:]


    “Victoria, I can exin. Amber and I aren’t…”


    “I don’t want to hear it!“]


    Looking at ke’s panicked expression, I just felt disgusted:[]


    “I’m not interested in what’s between you two! I don’t want to know if that baby in Amber’s belly is your brother’s or not! I just want to divorce you as fast as possible!“[]


    ke was still trying to patch things up, but then his dad came barging in:[]


    “If you don’t want the ke family ruined in your hands, just do whatever she wants!“]


    ke finally signed his name on the divorce paper.]


    He didn’t read the terms and conditions inside. ke’s father wanted to stop him.]


    But after ncing at me, ke’s father just sighed and said nothing.


    Even though we wouldn’t get the divorce certificate for another 30 days, walking out of city hall, I felt so much better.


    I had no intention of wasting time talking to ke. So I got in my car and left right away.]]


    That same afternoon, I was on a ne heading overseas for vacation.


    I didn’t expect that Ryan was sitting right next to me, going to the same destination.[]


    “You just took over your family’spany, right? Your dad’s okay with you just running off like this?“]]


    Ryan pulled the magazine off his face:]]


    “I told him I was going to hit on my future wife. So he let me go.“]


    I thought Ryan was just joking around.[].


    But for the next three weeks or so, wherever I went, he followed.


    Same restaurants, same hotels.[]


    The day before flying back, I couldn’t help myself and ask:]


    “Ryan, you don’t actually like me<b>, </b>do you?<b>“</b>]


    Ryan angrily mmed down his ss:[]


    “Of course I do! How clueless can you be? You’re just figuring this out now!“[]


    Faced with him turning this around on me, Iughed, totally speechless:]


    “So you were courting me? You followed me around every day without saying a word–how was I supposed to get that?!“]


    As I said that, I could actually see a little shyness on Ryan’s face:[]


    “Well now you know. So what do you think? Want to marry me?“]