When the lawyers left the office, closing the door behind them, Mark and I were left alone, noticing that he had his forearms resting on his office table and his fingers intertwined in his hands. , making me more nervous than I already was with his silence. I got up from my chair, slowly approaching the window that Mark had behind his chair, looking at the landscape outside. while he told me not to give in to my husband, that I was strong and I shouldn't let him manipulate me again even if he touched me or told me nice promises.

" Alice told me that they had sent you...