Chapter 15

POV: “Adelaide*

If I was being honest, I would have been less shocked if he had hit me over the head with a frying

pan.

I couldn’t believe my ears as I stared at Damon. He was completely serious as he waited for an

answer.

I glanced at the box. It looked very old and very delicate, but I still didn’t know what could be inside.

It was too small for a bracelet, so my best guess was a ring. I glanced at the engagement ring on my finger though.

I already had a ring, so why would he give me another one?

“So?” Damon demanded, impatiently.

“So what?” I asked, my head reeling with everything that had been dropped on me. He asked me something, but I couldn’t even remember what it was.

“Are you still in love with Ashton?”

Oh, yeah. That.

“Of course I’m not,” I huffed, crossing my arms, “What is it with you two? You sound exactly like Ashton yesterday.”

“Yesterday?” Damon questioned, his eyes darkening.

“When he forced his way into my apartment,” I replied without thinking.

“He what?” Damon growled, his jaw tightening.

Whoops. I guess I hadn’t mentioned that before,

The cat was out of the bag now.

came over to my apartment and forced his way in. He kept asking me if I was in love with

got to his feet, a stormy look moving across his face as

whirled on me, furious.

didn’t do anything besides yell

Damon

getting to my

glares. Neither of us was going to let the

me regardless,” Damon argued,

on paper!” I rolled my eyes as I said, “It’s not like we’re actually married. It’s a piece of paper, Damon. It doesn’t

was the wrong thing

refused to back down. Even with both feet in

repeated, danger lit in his voice.

Chapter 15

right,” I nodded. “We’re just doing this to get back at our siblings. That doesn’t mean we have an actual

whole minute, not saying a word, but I could see the emotions flashing across his face. I didn’t know what they meant but probably not

his hand down his

the safe Damon who would always argue with me over

one.

“Really, Adelaide?”

was sharp in his voice-like he’d spit a thousand razor blades at me.

as he stomped forward in a hurry and seized my wrist in a

wouldn’t be pulling away from him. Damon liked to pretend he was weaker than he was, but never with me.

go,” I said, firmly.

do you think I did all of this? Did you think I

away anyway. “I don’t know, and I don’t care!” I spat, not meaning a word. My

insane!” Damon shouted, finally letting me go to

watching him as he messed up his hair-still looking unfairly soft and gorgeous despite how many times he’d roughed it

with me,” Damon growled at me. “You

head in the sand was next to no other.

I growled. “Our agreement was

“Divorce?”

sounded like ice.

the look in his eyes. He stepped forward, his arms like an iron vice as they wrapped around my waist and pulled me

his lips press

away from me at the tender way he held me. As if I was something

to control the squeak that came from my throat as he lifted my feet off the ground. Out

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