Serena winced; if she divorced Matthew now, she would take Mary and together they would find a place where no one was and live quietly, maybe by the sea or in the mountains, and not stay in Hustleburg anyway.

The light in her eyes was so piercing that Matthew inexplicably felt his eyes burn raw.

She really wanted a divorce, it was strange, it was he who wanted a divorce in the first place, but now that he saw that she couldn't wait to get a divorce either, his heart was very uncomfortable, stuffy and sore.

It's probably the possessive nature of men.

Matthew had never loved a woman before,...