#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

man every day

take a step back. “What, have you been spying

jealous and prideful?”

“I

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

good enough for you?”

shake my head. I can’t believe what I’m hearing. “Justin, our gardener? I haven’t seen

a talented gardener. We

was handsome, but

Figured you’d need a young talent to provide

instead?”

tone makes my temper flare. Who is

ended things,

know he thinks I’m going to tangle

a life for myself here. A good life. There’s no point in

back into

moved to the capital to redevelop, we

there? We don’t have

care about

shove past him, and this time he doesn’t stop me. He turns and

credit, stands up straighter, doing his best not to be

Alpha standing before him.

like the Ritz, don’t you?” I say to Adam, turning my back

little.

smiles down at me. “I have a $30,000 mattress at

“Sure.”

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

of the bottle is

drips down onto the floor. He puts the glass down

to

people turn to look

or at least he’s

on my bill,” he says to him. “Oh, and I’ll have a glass of the strongest wine

never drinks, at least he never

and stop him,

one who abandoned me. I will not give him my sympathy, even if it seems like

it out

dancing. Karl takes a

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