#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

me the real reason he left me. Obviously, he seems to have one.

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

takes a long sip from his drink, and Tiffany shakes

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

people to entertain.”

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

little bad for Tiffany. He obviously finds her and

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

G od, the whole reason I wanted to go to her restaurant is because I thought it

have some real food for once. You know, something actually home cooked.

and booze, even though you’re clearly determined to

another time?” he says, his gaze sliding to me.

without me as I thought it was. Social media and tabloids

be deceiving, after all.

back and forth between them. Maybe Tiffany isn’t as shallow as I

obvious she cares about her cousin and wants to help him. Sure, she has a bit of

from a good place. Even if her clear dislike of me seems

considering Karl put

hear this? It’s kind

I exclaim. How is any of this my fault? We really

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

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

and I can’t

noticed it ever since I returned to

when I force you to. How

it alone for

stands up with a huff. “Whatever. My bad for trying to help you.”

him as she stalks from the room. I

to make an entrance

says, running his hand through his

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

me, the strength of his muscular things beneath me.

circumstance would any of that be a

engaged, I remind myself. You’re engaged to someone you really

Certainly not on Karl’s

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