#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

to tell me, not even when I begged him. I

drink, and Tiffany shakes her head. “Why

her. “This isn’t about

people to entertain.”

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

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

house for once. You can’t sit

wanted to go to

real food for once. You know,

booze, even though you’re clearly determined

his gaze sliding

hear this. His life might be as perfect without me as I thought

be deceiving, after all.

drink, looking 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,

from a good place. Even

put

shouldn’t she hear this? It’s kind

any of this my fault? We

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

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

glares at me, and I can’t help but

since I returned to the pack. You never sleep. You hardly

go out and see other people when I force you to. How is that

it

huff. “Whatever. My bad for trying to help you.” She throws the

room. I watch her

make an entrance

running his hand through his

to cross the room and sink into his lap.

lips on me, the strength of his muscular things

Under no circumstance would

You’re engaged to someone you really like, and you’re not going

Certainly not on Karl’s

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