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

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Letty asks again.

laughs and answers for me.

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

at the pain

it is two different

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

that he hasn’t said anything proves

chains. They were the only

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

well that he wanted

game to him? Toying with me and

on the best way to

the good guys” Letty defends him, her voice

the truth was staring us straight in the fucking

me on, getting into my head and

that he

hurt. Nothing compares to what I’m feeling now. Not even when Rowan

much as what Ethan has

killed me without getting close to me? Without

have been kinder than what he did. This was

make the person you want dead fall for

for a future he

like the honours

giving the knife

looking at me though. He was looking at

1. me.

breath catches when he

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him. “Why make me like you if you were only using

ask

trace of any warmth. I felt

to look at his

first time I saw them. The day he knocked on my

through me at that possibility. That he staged

hero just so I would let my guard around him.

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

direction.