No Longer Their Fool
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Everyone in the East Coast outfit agreed: my husband, Draven Rook, had more money than sense.
At restaurants, he mistook the song list for the menu and requested the same pianist's set dozens of times.
When I tried to cancel, my best friend, Bryndis, stopped me. "Let the man have his fun."
His shipments kept going to the wrong address. When I tried to recover one, my mother-in-law, Elowen held me back.
Then the deed to our new penthouse came back in a stranger's name.
My brother, Torin, rushed to explain. "That's my girl's name, sis. She won't marry me without a place in the city. Draven just lent it to me."
Draven never argued.
Last night, I opened his purchase history. Over a hundred grand in gifts, all sent to the same wrong address.
I followed it.
Inside, my mother-in-law, my brother, and my best friend surrounded a woman at the piano.
"Draven's so good to you," Torin said. "A penthouse in the city, just handed over."
Bryndis laughed. "If Maren hadn't gone abroad, Lira never would've married him. Poor Draven had to sit in restaurants for years just to hear her play."
So, Draven was never the fool.
I was.
And I was done being one.
At restaurants, he mistook the song list for the menu and requested the same pianist's set dozens of times.
When I tried to cancel, my best friend, Bryndis, stopped me. "Let the man have his fun."
His shipments kept going to the wrong address. When I tried to recover one, my mother-in-law, Elowen held me back.
Then the deed to our new penthouse came back in a stranger's name.
My brother, Torin, rushed to explain. "That's my girl's name, sis. She won't marry me without a place in the city. Draven just lent it to me."
Draven never argued.
Last night, I opened his purchase history. Over a hundred grand in gifts, all sent to the same wrong address.
I followed it.
Inside, my mother-in-law, my brother, and my best friend surrounded a woman at the piano.
"Draven's so good to you," Torin said. "A penthouse in the city, just handed over."
Bryndis laughed. "If Maren hadn't gone abroad, Lira never would've married him. Poor Draven had to sit in restaurants for years just to hear her play."
So, Draven was never the fool.
I was.
And I was done being one.


















































