The Seven Day Divorce Rule

Summary

On the day we signed our marriage papers, Garrett Sterling told me that if we spent more than a week in separate rooms, it would count as a default divorce.

For three years, that single sentence was the leash he used to keep me in line.

Whenever we argued, all he had to do was grab his pillow and head for the guest room. I would instantly break down, swallow my pride, and beg for his forgiveness.

On my twenty-eighth birthday, he stood me up again for the sake of his intern.

When he finally w