The Scent of Independence

For five years, Chloe has been married to Carter Sterling, a man of few words and even less warmth. Then she sees a video: Carter cradling a pregnant intern, Mia, in his arms, promising to keep the baby. Chloe calls her lawyer and demands a divorce.

At the Sterling Group offices, she finds them together again and slaps them both. Carter refuses to divorce, warning that the Jenkins family survives only through him, and that Mia is a trivial matter. Chloe is undeterred. She corners Mia in a public lounge, threatening to expose the affair to the entire company and Carter's business partners unless he signs.

That night, at a college reunion, she meets Julian, whose gentle gaze stirs something long buried. The battle for her freedom has only begun.