#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 since the

a step back. “What, have you been

jealous and prideful?”

snarls. “I came here for the Alpha party, not you. It’s not

understand why you keep dating different

good enough for you?”

I can’t believe what I’m hearing. “Justin, our gardener? I haven’t seen him since

man and a

but

right? Figured you’d

instead?”

my temper flare. Who is he to question me after everything?

who ended

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

the capital and created a life for myself here. A good life. There’s no point

back into the

capital to redevelop, we might as well leave

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

you care about

and this time he doesn’t stop me. He turns

straighter, doing his best not to

Alpha standing before him.

don’t you?” I say to Adam, turning my back to Karl. I

little.

at me. “I have a $30,000 mattress

“Sure.”

I turn, and my mouth falls open. There’s a

and the broken neck of

onto the floor. He puts the

turns to

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

least he’s pretending not

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

Karl never drinks, at least he never used to. If he does, he

wants to go over there and stop him, but I hold myself

I will not give him my

out

people go back to dancing. Karl takes a swig of wine

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