A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 52

Sara POV

Mrs. Montgomery was acquainted with the Reigns. She advised that the details on Nick's agreement were not "so bad considering the fact that he's an ex."

The situation was a shared custody. I would have full and equal access to Alex. The only problem was the fact that the child must live where his father chose. And I must live with the child. Which meant Nick invariably decides where I get to live. Was I to endure that for the rest of my life? No way.

She advised me that I couldn’t win a custody battle with a Reign. First of all, I couldn't even afford it. So the best move was signing his agreement first to throw him off our tracks.

The most important thing she said was that Nick Reign wasn’t taking the child away from me. He was just making it illegal for me to run away with little Alex. Following her advice, I'd put my signature on the document there in her office.

It was the best way to keep him from suspecting that I was making any move. Ever since I signed it, I'd been eager to part with it.

That he would destroy it was not something I expected. But that was his problem.

I’ve had a tough day. All I wanted was to hold Alex in my arms one more time before I went to bed. I was in no mood to get into any bickering with Nick right now.

"Sara James!" he snapped as I raced up the stairs again.

"What?" I barked.

He took the stairs, eyes shining with fury and something else I couldn't discern.

"You should ask why I tore it to pieces," he said. Only a few steps separated us now, so I didn't have to lift my head to look him in the eye.

"Hmmm, not interested."

“I'll tell you anyway. It's cuz you showed it to outsiders.”