Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 228

NICK

I thought I knew what joy and happiness were, but then I heard my son defend me. He stood in front of me, protective and determined, insisting that I shouldn’t be sent away. A warmth spread through my chest, filling me in ways I’d never experienced before, making me feel more alive than I ever had.

So, this is what people meant when they talked about the joy of having kids. I’d been grinning like a fool since that guy left and made me angry.

“Did you find yourself a woman?” Ethan asked, raising an eyebrow. I frowned.

“What are you talking about?”

He took a sip of his beer, not breaking eye contact. “You’ve been smiling like an idiot, like you’re thinking about someone you love, someone who makes you happy. A woman.”

I laughed, shaking my head. Luke chuckled too, but then he added, “As much as you look ridiculous with that smile, I’d be glad if you found a woman.”

I laughed even harder. “Who said only a woman can make a man happy?”

They both stopped and turned to look at me at the same time, like I’d completely lost my mind.

“Nick Jones, are you sure you’re still a man? Would a man say something like that?” Luke said, looking utterly

confused.

He looked so funny saying it. Ethan wore a similar puzzled expression.

“Am I still your best friend?” Ethan asked, his voice slightly dramatic.

I shook my head, still smiling. “You are, and you always will be.”

suddenly more serious. “Then tell me, who is she? Where’s she from? How did you meet? I have to know everything about the woman making my best

I turned to Luke, my expression growing serious. “Thank you, Uncle. About Samuel… I don’t know why you did it, but my son always knew who I was because

she didn’t even know I existed.I wanted your son to know about you, even when we weren’t there for him. I wanted him to understand that you love him, and you’ll be there for him when the time

they said: never judge a book by its cover. Luke didn’t seem like much on the surface with the kind of work he did, but slowly, we were getting to know the man behind it all.

and we

my drink. “But I can’t help but think of the hell Marcus is going

fell into a brief silence, sipping

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think they’ll be alright?” Ethan asked, breaking the

know,” I answered, looking down at my drink. “He’s not me. She might

be just fine. Did you notice how she looked behind us when we arrived, like she was expecting him to be there?”

radiant she looked. Even with the cast on her leg, she looked stunning in that dress. It reminded me of the

me out of my thoughts. I turned to

something?”

“I know you, man.

was right. I shouldn’t. Olivia wasn’t mine anymore. I’d lost her, and it was

here?” I asked,

Ethan

that,” Luke said. “Since you came with the baby, you’ll be

believe Luke had

added. “Besides, that baby makes me uncomfortable. I like babies, but that one doesn’t even look like

because they weren’t comfortable with it, I was supposed to pick up

can

snapped their heads toward me,

tell Olivia it was one of you who did it,”

even