Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

51. Betrayed

Ava

I stare. My heart beating erratically and my mind racing. How the hell did I get here? How the hell

did I not see this coming?

I was frozen. Mortified. Unable to utter a fucking word. My world was crumbling down around me.

Shattering into pieces.

‘Boss‘

That one word kept playing in my head. Driving me to the brink of madness then back. All this time. Wondering. Guessing. Searching. My enemy was right under my fucking nose.

“What the fuck is going on” the angry shout pulls me back to this painful reality.

I turn behind me, only to be shocked

Letty was tied to a chair. She looked afraid and pissed off at the same time. She was bleeding from her head. I guess the bastard that kidnapped us hit her on the head too.

I had been so occupied with my fears of dying and trying to get out of this situation that I didn’t notice that she was here. In my defence, she was behind me. I didn’t expect anyone behind me.

“Isn’t it obvious? I kidnapped both of you” our kidnapper says.

“Why would you kidnap her when I’m the one you wanted?” I ask looking down.

I didn’t want to face my betrayer. It was too painful to look at the familiar face.

“It wasn’t in the plan, but then I saw her outside breathing the fresh air. She is related to your family and I knew I could fetch more money if I keep her for ransom” he explains with a shrug.

It kind of made sense. She was Travis‘ girlfriend and from what I know he’s madly in love with

her. He would do anything to get her back including paying the ransom money.

“I don’t get it” Letty begins. “Then what is Ethan doing here? Is he here to rescue us?” She asks

hopefully. 2

His name drives a sharp sword into my heart. Why me? I thought that I had finally gotten a good

falling into place, but this? I never expected this to happen

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+15 BONUS

Letty asks again.

kidnapper laughs and answers for me. Something that

He laughs again. “He’s the

close my eyes at the pain that

it is two

hoped that there was an explanation. That maybe he had

he hasn’t said anything

sag against the chains. They were the only

to deal with this kind of betrayal? How am I supposed

that

game to him?

on the best way to kill

the good guys” Letty defends him, her

want to believe it, but the truth was staring us straight in the

been playing me for months. Leading me on,

well that

what I’m feeling now. Not even

much as

me without getting close to me? Without making me develop

what he did.

head was he? To make the person you want dead fall for you? He slept

and made me hope for a future

boss…would you like the honours or should I

giving the

me though. He

1. me.

breath catches when he

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+15 BONUS

get the courage to ask him. “Why make me like you if you were only using me? If you were planning to kill me. Why

I ask

trace of any warmth. I felt like a

at his beautiful blue

that hypnotized me from the first time I saw them. The day he knocked on my door after I had been shot. Was that day also planned? Did he

that possibility. That he staged everything to make

just so I would let my guard around him. (3)

to answer the bitch Boss…she’s going

direction.