#Chapter 32: Abby Confronts Karl
Abby

One of his guards is standing at the front door, and his eyebrows go up when he sees me. I recognize

him from back in the day. Jimmy, if I’m remembering right. We never interacted much. He was still new

when we got our divorce. Does he know why Karl left me? Do all his staff think I cheated and wronged

him? G od, I can’t believe this is happening.

“I’m here to see Karl,” I bite out.

“I’ll take you,” he says, his eyebrows shooting up at my tone. Hopefully, he knows my anger isn’t

directed at him. I can’t even rein it in enough to be mildly pleasant.

He leads me to Karl’s office, knocking softly on the door.

“Yes?” Karl calls.

“Ms. Abby, here to see you.”

I refrain at the last moment from rolling my eyes. Jimmy’s just doing his job. He’s not the one who

deserves to have his head bitten off. I force myself to wait until Karl says to let me in, before I stomp

into the room, practically closing the door in Jimmy’s face. I’ll have to remember to apologize to him

later when I’m not so angry.

Karl is lounging in his office chair, a crystal glass balanced on his lap. There’s some sort of brown liquid

inside. Probably Scotch, but it could be Bourbon. Based on what I can see of the bar cart, he’s got

both.

“You such a f ucking as shole,” I start. I figure it’s a pretty good opening for what I have to say.

His eyebrows shoot up, mimicking Jimmy. They look sort of alike, come to think of it. Same wavy hair.

Same chocolate brown eyes. Same bewildered look on their faces.

“Pardon?”

“I just found out that I apparently screwed the gardener when we were together,” I hiss. “Now this is

news to me, but maybe there’s something you know that I don’t. So enlighten me.”

He puts down his glass and stands up. “Abby–”

“Shut up,” I snap. “I can’t believe you told Tiffany I cheated on you.” He winces slightly. “Who else have

been telling this to, exactly? All our

shakes his head, but I

reason you left me? Because you thought I cheated on you?”

“Are you f u cking

“Abby–”

so mad, Karl, I could kill you. I really could. I think I

a little, but he quickly

spit. “I’m just

desk. I take a step

expression and a hug, then he’s got

he says. “For a long time, I did think you

you wanted a divorce? That’s why you were so cold at

decency to look a

means it’s time to get back

my head might explode.

“I can’t believe this.”

forward, and I glare at him. “Abby, please. You

of your panties in the

my panties outside and thought to test

c um on them and you never thought to

to jump straight to

shocked right now. I’m sure that I need to sit down judging from

from picturing the gardener’s semen on my underwear.

to back down from this fight. No amount of groveling

petty jealousy. And what’s even worse is that, from the sound of it,

panties to fulfill some sort of sick sex-fantasy. It

already suspicious,” he says simply. “You two

together. And you always seemed to be putting on your cutest

together, sticking your

out, grimacing. “What is with you and thinking that women are

I never did any of those things, and you were

for reasons to make yourself even

sagging slightly.

doesn’t change the last few years. You don’t get to

acting like you’re the victim in this whole situation. None of this

thinks I’m the bad guy. She told Adam I’m disloyal,”

out a huff and passes his hand over his face. “I’m sorry.

She still thinks you cheated. I told her that

make it okay,” I murmur, blinking back the tears that are threatening to spill

things straight

can’t help but

your staff,

Tiffany because she noticed me spiraling

I left you. No one else knows

“Not even me, apparently.”

“I’m really sorry.”

“F uck you.”

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