#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

even when I begged him. I never got that

long sip from his drink, and Tiffany shakes her head.

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

people to entertain.”

how he feels about these ‘important’ people. I

little bad for Tiffany. He obviously finds her and her friends

was just trying to get you out of the house for once. You

G od, the whole reason I wanted to go to her

have some real food for once. You know, something actually home cooked. You can’t

even though you’re clearly

he says, his gaze sliding to me.

might be as perfect without me as

be deceiving, after all.

sip of my drink, looking back and forth between them. Maybe Tiffany isn’t as shallow as

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

place. Even if her clear dislike of me

Karl put

she hear this? It’s kind of

How is any of this my fault?

lives decide to do. I didn’t

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

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

noticed it ever since I returned to the

and see other people when I force

leave it alone

My bad for trying

she stalks from the room. I watch her

make an entrance

through his hair. It falls back

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

lips on me, the strength of his muscular things beneath me.

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

You’re engaged to someone you really like, and

it up. Certainly not on Karl’s

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