#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

he left me. Obviously, he seems to have one.

even when I

sip from his drink, and Tiffany shakes her

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

people to entertain.”

clear exactly how he feels about these ‘important’ people.

He obviously finds her

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

I wanted to go to her restaurant is because I

food for once. You know,

supplements and booze, even though you’re clearly determined to

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

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

be deceiving, after all.

of my drink, looking back and forth between them. Maybe

cares about her cousin and wants

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

put himself in

she hear this? It’s kind of her

of this my fault? We really need to stop blaming each

decide to do. I didn’t drive him to booze and bad

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

lying?” She glares at me, and I can’t

ever since I returned to

out and see other people when I

leave it alone

up with a huff. “Whatever. My bad for trying to help you.” She throws the words over

room. I watch her go, my

make an entrance

running his hand through his hair. It

cross the room and sink into his lap. I want to run my

of his muscular things

drunk me talking. Under no circumstance would any of that be a good

someone

it up. Certainly not on

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