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

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

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Letty asks again.

and answers for me. Something that I couldn’t

Ha!” He laughs again. “He’s the one that hired me to

gasp. I close my eyes at the

actually hearing it is two different

hoped that there was an explanation. That maybe he had an evil

that he hasn’t said anything proves that everything

were the only thing that

with this kind of betrayal? How am I supposed

well that he wanted me

game to him? Toying with

best way to

good guys” Letty defends him,

but the truth was staring us straight in the fucking

Leading me on, getting into my head and

knowing very well that he wasn’t going to

Nothing compares to what I’m feeling now.

much as what

he have just killed me without getting close to me?

than what he did. This was

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

hope for a future he knew wasn’t

that you’re here boss…would you like the honours or should I

the knife

him. He wasn’t looking at me though. He was looking at

1. me.

breath catches when he takes the knife from

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me that” I finally 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 pretend? Why sleep with me?

ask him

were cold as he looked at me. No trace of any

hurt to look at his beautiful blue

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

pain tears through me at that possibility.

I would let my

answer the bitch Boss…she’s going to die anyway” the man

direction.