Chapter 61

Angelica knew it would never end this easily. After ten years with Elliot, she understood his vicious nature better than anyone. If one made him unhappy, he would have a hundred ways to make one suffer in return. "The Quigley family isn't a shelter where you can come and go as you please," he said coldly, his voice like a ghost clawing its way up from hell. "If you want back in, you'd better show some sincerity." "Elliot! Angelica is your wife, not your enemy," Douglas said sharply. He held back his anger and delivered a firm, cutting warning to Elliot, as if trying to stir what little conscience the man still had left. From beginning to end, Elliot treated Angelica with nothing but threats, intimidation, and outright humiliation. He didn't show a shred of respect for her. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were mortal enemies. What kind of marriage looked like this? "Wife?" Elliot lifted a brow, his dark eyes colder than the night itself. "I don't keep wives who are