#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

tell me the real reason he

to tell me, not even when I begged him. I never got that

long sip from his drink, and Tiffany shakes

Tiffany,” Karl says, narrowing his eyes at her. “This isn’t about you. I thought

people to entertain.”

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

Tiffany. He obviously finds her and her friends a little silly. Tiffany clenches her

just trying to get you out of the house for

reason I wanted to go to her restaurant is because I thought

have some real food for once.

supplements and booze, even though you’re clearly

we talk about this another time?” he says, his gaze sliding to me.

might be as perfect without me as

be deceiving, after all.

and forth between them. Maybe Tiffany

cousin and wants to help

but she’s coming from a good place. Even

Karl put himself

hear this? It’s

my fault? We really need to stop blaming

in our lives decide to do. I didn’t drive him

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

I lying?” She glares at me, and I can’t help but shrink

noticed it ever since I returned to the pack. You never sleep. You hardly

other people when

it

for trying to help you.” She throws the words

from the room. I watch her go, my

an entrance and

through his

and sink into

his muscular things beneath me. But I force the thoughts

me talking. Under no circumstance would any of that

You’re engaged to someone you really like, and you’re

it up. Certainly not on

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