#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

real reason he left me. Obviously, he seems

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

a long sip from his drink, and Tiffany

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

people to entertain.”

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

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

the house for once. You can’t sit in here working 24/7

to

real food for once. You know, something actually

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

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

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

be deceiving, after all.

forth between them. Maybe Tiffany isn’t as shallow

obvious she cares about her cousin and wants to help him. Sure,

from a good place. Even if

Karl put himself in

she hear this? It’s kind

this my fault? We

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

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

“Am I lying?” She glares at me, and I can’t

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

other people when I force you to. How is that

it alone for

bad for trying to help you.” She throws

room. I watch her

to make an entrance and an

his hand through his hair.

sink into his lap. I want to run

lips on me, the strength of his

no circumstance would any of that be a

I remind myself. You’re engaged to someone you

Certainly not on

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