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

this? I

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Letty asks again.

me. Something that I couldn’t do

laughs again. “He’s the one

Letty gasp. I close my eyes at the pain that

actually hearing it is two different

explanation. That maybe he had an evil twin brother I

said anything proves that everything his minion said is

against the chains. They were the only thing

this kind of betrayal? How am I supposed to look him in the

well that he

these months, were they all just a game to him? Toying with me

on the best

the good guys” Letty defends him, her

didn’t want to believe it, but the truth was staring

been playing me for months. Leading me on, getting into

very well that he wasn’t going

I’m feeling now. Not even when Rowan broke

much as what Ethan has

have just killed me without getting close to me? Without making

what he did. This was downright mean and

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

for a future he knew wasn’t going to

the honours or should I do it?” The man asks

the knife

me though. He was looking at the man

1. me.

when he takes the knife from

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me like you if you were

ask

trace of any

at his beautiful

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

pain tears through me at that possibility. That he

I would let my guard around him. (3)

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

direction.