"What? So soon?" I blurted, caught off guard but intrigued, "I thought the woman you liked was married to someone else. Didn't you say you wouldn't break up her family?"

"I'm not breaking up her family," Ryan smiled with a weary smile. "Do you really think I'd do something like that?"

I quickly shook my head, scrambling to explain, "No, of course not, I'm just surprised it's happening so quickly—"

"She's getting divorced soon," he said, his gaze steady. "Very ...