#Chapter 19 – His Sister
Abby

Tiffany crosses her arms, waiting for my answer. I don’t really know what to say to her. He’s the one

who divorced me, after all. It’s not like I set out to break his heart.

“I’m not the one who decided to get a divorce,” I say, opting for the truth.

She pushes her curtain of brown hair over her shoulder, revealing the muscular lines of her shoulders.

“Is that so?” novelbin

I give Karl an exasperated look. You could jump in here at any time, my gaze says. “I’m not a liar.”

If she thinks she can come in here and blame me for everything, she’s wrong. I’m not going to let her

walk all over me. Karl’s cousin or not, she has no right to make it seem like I’m the one at fault for

Karl’s behavior. Whatever he’s done in the years since our divorce, that’s on him. I’m not responsible

for his choices.

Her frown deepens, and she shoots Karl a look.

“She’s not lying. I ended things,” he says. He avoids my gaze, drinking deeply from his glass.

It doesn’t seem to get me off the h o ok, though. She looks just as bothered by me as she did before. I

can’t bring myself to care. After all the s hit that’s gone down in the past few days, the last thing I’m

worried about is whether she likes me. I’ve got enough to deal with already.

“Yes, but you had your reasons,” she answers empathetically, shooting me a venomous look. Clearly,

she knows something I don’t.

I open my mouth to ask her what she means by that exactly, but Karl speaks up before I get the

chance. “Let’s not get into this right now,” he says.

He looks weary and exhausted, and I almost feel bad for him. Almost. A part of me just wants to stand

reason he

when I begged him. I never got that

from his drink, and Tiffany shakes her head. “Why

narrowing his eyes at her. “This isn’t about you. I

people to entertain.”

it clear exactly how he feels about these ‘important’ people. I can’t help

her and her friends

get you out of the house for once. You can’t sit in here working 24/7

go to her restaurant is because I thought

for once. You

booze, even

time?” he says, his gaze sliding to me. Obviously, he doesn’t want

His life might be as perfect without me as I thought it was. Social media and tabloids

be deceiving, after all.

and forth between them. Maybe

her cousin and wants to help him.

she’s coming from a good place. Even if her clear dislike of me seems a

Karl put himself

she hear this? It’s

exclaim. How is any of this my fault? We really need to stop blaming each

men in our lives decide to do. I didn’t drive him to booze and bad habits. That was

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

“Am I lying?” She glares at me, and I

to the pack. You

people when I force you to. How

it alone for

bad for trying

I

an entrance and an

his hair. It falls back down

and sink into his lap. I

the strength of his muscular

circumstance would any

You’re engaged to someone you

Certainly not on Karl’s

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