#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,

deigned to tell me, not even when I begged

long sip from his drink, and

off Tiffany,” Karl says, narrowing his eyes at her. “This isn’t about you.

people to entertain.”

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

bad for Tiffany. He obviously finds her

of the house for once.

to go to her restaurant is because I thought it might

real food for once. You know, something actually

even though you’re clearly

his gaze sliding to me.

hear this. His life might be as perfect without me

be deceiving, after all.

forth between them. Maybe

cousin and wants to help him. Sure, she

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

considering Karl put himself

hear this?

my fault? We

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

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

glares at me, and I can’t help but

returned to the

go out and see other people when I force

it alone

for trying to

the room. I

to make an entrance

through his hair. It

the urge to cross the room and sink into his lap.

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

no circumstance would

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

Certainly not on Karl’s

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