he told me I couldn’t have children and therefore didn’t deserve the house.”
Her expression softened.
“Rowan—”
“Let’s finish.”
I signed the final sheet.
The seller’s declaration bore my full name.
Rowan Elizabeth Pierce.
Not Dorian Pierce.
Not Callie Rusk.
Me.
I had owned the Lake Norman home north of Charlotte long before meeting Dorian.
I purchased it using profits from my medical logistics company and my mother’s inheritance. Years before, when Dorian began having serious money problems, he signed both a formal marital property agreement and a quitclaim deed
