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The Price of Staying
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Complete, First published Sep 18
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When Sonja discovers her husband's credit card statement, she finds more than unpaid bills-she finds evidence of a double life. Size 6 lingerie that isn't hers. Romantic dinners at restaurants he claims are "too expensive" for them. Hotel suites charged on nights he was supposedly working late.

After 23 years of marriage, Laurent de Barsy-the sophisticated French businessman who once rescued her from an abusive relationship-has become her elegant captor. Now trapped between the familiar hell of financial dependency and the unknown terror of starting over at 47, Sonja must calculate the true cost of staying.

Set against the backdrop of Jakarta's expat community, this is a psychological thriller about a woman who transforms from victim to strategist, discovering that sometimes the most dangerous battles are fought in complete silence.

How much is your dignity worth? Sonja is about to find out.

🏆 A story about survival, strategy, and the mathematics of love gone wrong.
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The distance between our hearts

5 parts Ongoing Mature

The Distance Between our hearts "You can stay for a while, the boarding hasn't started yet" he said hoping that he can be with her a little longer. " I don't think I can stay any longer, I have to leave" Divi replied cold and aloof leaving no room for discussion just the way he was with her all these months of their marriage. She picked her handbag and cabin luggage in one hand and started walking towards the boarding gates. Suddenly he grabbed her wrist gently like he doesn't want to let her go and asked "when are you coming back" she stopped on her track and shuddered under his touch. "I'm not coming back to London again Vikrant" she took a deep breath before saying " leave my hand I need to go" He couldn't believe what he heard, his grip on her hand tightened and he asked "why?". Divi turned completely towards him and looked at him with disbelief and her eyes were red from crying for hours because her father was in emergency. "Why? You ask me why Vikrant? Shouldn't you be happy that finally I'll be gone? Isn't that what you wanted all this while ?" ************************** Vikrant Krishna- 27 years old,CEO of TRICON London branch, the best architect of his generation.Cold, serious, a dominating man who is the best at his work but also a person who forgot the meaning of love. He is forced into an arrange marriage by his father because he is not himself after his breakup with his ex. So he was rude and not the husband that Divi deserved until he realised her love for him. Divi rai- 23 years old, BE in civil engineering. She wants to study interior designing but couldn't because of her father's health condition. She takes care of her dad and also looks after his business sometimes. But her dad wants her to get married because he doesn't know how many days he will live to see her marriage. So he arranges her marriage to the son of his friend and once their neighbour. **************************

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