Chapter 9 ~ Humiliated

Chapter 9 Humiliated

Alex

"I love you."

Three words.

I've heard them countless times before-soft, warm, and filled with sincerity. Mum

and Dad say it to each other. Mum and

Granny say it to me all the time.

But hearing them come out of Leah's mouth the other night?

It made my skin crawl.

It sounded foreign, misplaced like it didn't belong

between us. It didn't settle in my chest the way it was

supposed to. Instead, it made something tighten, something itch beneath my skin.

I pulled away. Not obviously.

Just enough to create distance, enough that I could breathe without feeling suffocated by the weight of words I wasn't ready to hear. And that's when I noticed her.

Athena

Running.

Her black long hair whipped behind her, her pace quick. The way she left- like she was running from something-made my jaw

clench.

I had wondered for the past three days but since I had been busy with work I barely saw her. But seeing and hearing those remarks told me one thing.

My wife was jealous and I liked it.

Which is bullshit because I shouldn't like anything that has to do with her.

Athena Dawson.

The name alone makes my blood boil these days. I

roll my shoulders, trying to shake off the frustration, but it lingers, simmering beneath my skin.

Her attitude. Her rebellion. The way she suddenly changed overnight.

She's testing my patience, and it's driving me insane.

We had a deal.

Three years.

Just three years

of marriage before we could go our separate ways. That was the agreement. I needed her, she needed me-

it was

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mutual.

She's

the right one for me.

kind. She's patient. She

was

tightened and my

one who stayed and made sure I stabilized. She

one who calmed me down,

she's never told a single soul

like shit for having married another woman but I did it for

back, I'll give her back her

because she had been away for

made sure Ryan didn't let anyone in. That's why I like her. She understands how our world works

will change

had the audacity to

I was cheating, like I had

even touched

Maybe I should have.

a hand through

to divorce

getting to me. It's making me

things I shouldn't. It's making

afford

rough opening of my

aback

to you?" I ask, standing to check

are a

running down her face. Her

sniffles.

about to run

take a

Fuck

I don't know why.

Maybe It's instinct.

the second

freezes, fresh hurt flashing across her face before she drops

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hiccups.

"What?"

then- she slapped me, Alex. She

over with her car."

my mind racing. That

she's been reckless, stupid even, but to hit

voice breaking. "You've

at her then, really look

punch me in the fucking guts. This

you doubting me?" Her

know how much I

of my

be sure. I grab a tissue from my table and

her fingers brushing

sniffles again, but I pull back like she just shocked me with

the fuck is wrong with

button and ask Ryan for the footage. She was

lost

So

I am. Here to remind her since her memory seems

Athena laughs.

She came crying to you?" She lets out

with something bitter,

so much that I close

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