#Chapter 4 – A Stranger ?

Abby

How did Karl even end up here? I look around at the bar and frown. This is the best bar in the capital. I

just didn’t count on running into him.

I mean, I knew he was in the capital, but I didn’t think we’d ever cross paths. A part of me hoped I’d

never run into him anywhere ever again.

Damn, he’s as handsome as ever, though. I don’t want to notice it, but I do. His soft brown hair falls

across his forehead, and I have to resist the urge to reach up and push it back. His gaze narrows and

there’s some sort of emotion I can’t place churning in his deep brown eyes.

Somewhere inside of me, I can feel my wolf perking up a bit and I have to resist the powerful urge to

lean into him. Just being near him again makes my sleeping wolf stir.

“What the hell?” I say, forcing myself to remember how pissed I am. If he wants to play games, then so

can I. “Sir, who are you to talk to me like that? What could ever give you the courage to be so rude to a

complete stranger?”

The line of his jaw hardens. Over his shoulder, I can see Adam looking back and forth between us. “A

stranger, is it? Well, let me formally introduce myself then. I’m Karl, your ex-husband.”

“Ex-husband? Well then, you should know we’re divorced now, and this has nothing to do with you, so

if you don’t mind.” I move to step around him, but he shifts with me, blocking my escape.

“We used to be very close,” he says. “It’s my duty to care for you.”

“Well, in the legal sense, we’re no more than strangers.”

I move to step around him again, and he grabs my arm. I tense immediately. “Have you been dating a

day since the

a step back. “What, have you been spying

jealous and prideful?”

he snarls. “I came here

just don’t understand why you keep dating different guys. What, Justin

good enough for you?”

I’m hearing. “Justin, our

and a talented gardener. We were

but

gardener, right? Figured you’d need a young talent to provide

instead?”

flare. Who is he to question me after everything? He’s

ended

I know he thinks I’m going to tangle with him, but

created a life for myself here. A good

back into the

the capital to redevelop, we might as well leave everything in the

is there? We don’t have a relationship now, anyway, so no need

care about

past him, and this time he doesn’t stop me. He turns and his scowl deepens

credit, stands up straighter, doing

Alpha standing before him.

turning my back

little.

“I have a $30,000 mattress at home.

“Sure.”

me, I hear a loud crash. I turn, and my mouth falls open. There’s a pile of

the broken neck of the bottle is

across the countertop and drips down onto the floor. He puts the glass down on the

turns to

the room as people turn to look at him. He doesn’t

at least he’s pretending

and I’ll have a glass of the strongest wine you

he never used to. If

there and stop him, but I hold myself back.

give him my

out of

resumes, and people go back to dancing. Karl takes a swig of

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