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.

now? She's

supposed to be the right

She's patient. She

was proof

tightened

was the one who stayed and

who calmed me down,

she's never told a single soul about

another woman but I did

give her back her rightful

confused feelings must be because she had been away

I like her. She understands how our world works and one leak of

will change the

Athena had the audacity to

cheating, like

hadn't even

Maybe I should have.

a hand through

need to

mess-it's getting to

things I shouldn't. It's making me

afford to

my

aback by

standing to check if she has

clothes are a

down her face. Her shoulders

sniffles.

about to run straight into

take a

Fuck

I don't know why.

Maybe It's instinct.

But the second

she freezes, fresh hurt flashing across her face before

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hiccups.

"What?"

homewrecker." Her voice trembles. "And then- she slapped me, Alex. She hit me. And-and she

over with her car."

mind racing. That

been reckless, stupid even, but to hit Leah? To

she whispers, her voice

look at her then, really look

breaths, a vulnerability that makes my guilt punch me in the fucking guts. This is all me. "I'll check the

doubting me?" Her

I wouldn't. I just want to know how much

my mouth. A part

sure. I grab a tissue from my table and hand

takes it, her

pull back like she just shocked me

the fuck is wrong with

press my button and ask Ryan

has lost her

So

am. Here to remind her since her memory seems to be giving

Athena laughs.

you?" She lets out a

something bitter, something

much that

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