#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

he left me. Obviously, he seems to

me, not even when I

a long sip from his drink, and Tiffany shakes her head. “Why is

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

people to entertain.”

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

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

just trying to get you out of the house for once. You can’t sit

to go to her

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

supplements and booze, even

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

without me as I thought it

be deceiving, after all.

a sip of my drink, looking back and forth between them.

she cares about her cousin and wants to help him.

Even if her clear dislike of me seems a

put himself in this

this? It’s kind

of this my fault? We really need to stop blaming each other

in our lives decide to do. I didn’t drive him to booze

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

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

it ever since I returned to the pack. You never

and see other people when I force you

leave it alone for

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

as she stalks from the room. I watch her go, my eyebrows raised.

an entrance and an

says, running his hand through his hair. It falls back down into

I can’t help the urge to cross the room and sink into his

his

drunk me talking. Under no circumstance would any of that

remind myself. You’re engaged to someone you

up. Certainly not

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