Married To My Ex-Husband’s Rival by Jobet GraySon

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Chapter Twenty Six

Third–Person Pov

Richard’s hands clenched tightly around the steering wheel as he drove down the familiar streets

towards Amber’s place. His face wore a sullen expression, his brows furrowed as he tried to stop himself from blurting out the things he had in mind.

Beside him, Amber glanced at him from the corner of her eye, a sense of unease settling in the pit of

her stomach.

Unable to ignore the obvious tension any longer, Amber finally grew frustrated with Richard’s

silence. She turned towards him, her tone annoyed. “Richard, what’s going on? You haven’t stopped

frowning since we left your parents‘ place. Did something happen? Do you have something to say?”

Richard let out a frustrated sigh, his gaze fixed on the road. He had been wrestling with his emotions.

caught between wanting to confront Amber and resisting the urge to say anything so that he wouldn’t seem petty and unreasonable.

But her question pushed him to the brink, compelling him to voice his curiosity.

“I didn’t want to sound petty,” Richard began, his voice tinged with a mix of frustration and confusion, “but can you explain to me why, out of all the words you could’ve chosen to describe me,

you had to use the word ‘insane‘?”

Amber’s eyes widened at his words, a tinge of surprise coloring her features. She didn’t expect that he still had in mind the comment she made almost an hour ago. Her initial response was one of confusion. “Richard, are you really still stuck on something I said almost an hour ago?”

Richard scoffed, his frustration bubbling to the surface. “How can you expect me not to be stuck on it When you had countless other options to describe me, why use a word so negatively loaded? Why w you look at me and think that the best word to describe me would be insane?”

lips. “Fine, then. Mr. Perfect, tell me what other word I could’ve used to describe you since insane doesn’t cut it

back down, “Handsome, funny, caring.” he suggested, a

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of annoyance and amusement coloring her tone. “Yes, Richard, you are handsome,” she conceded, “but answering your parents‘ question with such a

blurted out the first thing that came to mind when she asked me to

a mixture of frustration and confusion etched on his face. He

when asked to describe him was “insane.” It gnawed at him, leaving him

his voice laced with

first thing that came to your mind?”

nonchalantly shrugging in response to his disbelief.

her tone casual. “I do think of you as kind

of insane.”

shot up in surprise, his confusion growing. “Why? Why do you think I’m

of mischief dancing in her eyes. She leaned back against the car seat, her voice tinged with amusement. “Only an insane person would

then I don’t know what

I offered to help you get back at your cheating

“But, Richard, I still stand by what I

her response. “I will never accept that I’m insane. What

and that’s not

his strong reaction, her eyes sparkling with amusement. “Come on,

through a haze of giggles. “Get over it already. Stop being such a baby about this, and just embrace your uniqueness.”

pride wounded by her laughter. “I’m not being a baby,” he snapped, his voice edged

the drive to Amber’s apartment was filled with an unusual silence, as exhaustion 2/3

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filled with an unusual silence, as exhaustion eventually

glanced over at her sleeping figure, the corners

came

he debated the