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

into place, but this? I never expected this

1/4

+15 BONUS

Letty asks again.

kidnapper laughs and answers for me. Something that

you? Ha!” He laughs again. “He’s the one that hired

close my eyes at the pain that assaults me. Thinking about

it is two

was an explanation. That maybe he had an evil twin brother I didn’t

hasn’t said anything proves that

They were the only

of betrayal? How am I

that he wanted me

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

best way to

one of the good

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

playing me for months. Leading me on, getting into

that he

feeling now. Not even when Rowan broke me did

much as

me without getting close to me?

would have been kinder than what he did. This was

make the person you

worries and made me hope for a future he knew wasn’t going to

the honours or should

the knife

at him. He wasn’t looking at me though. He was looking at the man he hired to

1. me.

when he takes

2/4

+15 BONUS

you if you were only using

I ask

my face. His eyes were cold as he looked at me. No trace of any warmth. I felt like a piece of meat. Beaten to a pulp and then tossed

look at his beautiful

I saw them. The day he knocked on my

tears through me at that possibility. That he staged everything to make

hero just so I would let my guard

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

direction.