Chapter 85

I was woken up by the sound of loud banging. I had drank one glass too many of champagne and now I was paying the consequences of my choices. I groaned, placing a pillow over my head and trying to drown out the loud sound. But de more I tried to ignore the louder it got.

“Adelaide! I know you’re in there.”

Wait a minute? Was that

“Adelaide.”

Yep, that was my husband’s loud bombing voice. But what was he doing here, in Paris?

I peeled the sheets off my body and made my way to the door in my little lace night dress. I opened the door trying to squint away the blinding light that filtered inside.

“Damon?”

He looked like a sight. His hair was disheveled and he had bags under his eyes. His hazel eyes were blazing and they looked behind me in search of something.

“What are you doing here?” I rubbed my eyes trying to correct my vision. “And why do you look made

He pushed past me and entered the room. “Where is he?”

“Who?” I followed him into my suite. “What are you talking about? Slow down and talk to me.”

He wasn’t listening to me. He charged into the room and started looking everywhere. His behavior was concerning me “Damon,” I called after him. “What the hell are you doing?”

“Come out you wife–stealing asshole.”

Okay, woah

This was now getting to the point where I was feeling very concerned. All the hungoverness I had been feeling faded and 1 was now clear–headed.

that he was screaming like this it all made perfect sense. I saw that something was upsetting him and I knew that I needed to sniff out any and all fires he had set alight in

him.

in my life. I

Did you make him get out of your bed after he had his

“Damon,” I gasped.

was in my head and I believed you. I told you that he wanted

phone and showed me an article that showed Gabriel and me at the cast dinner. The way it had been

last time I was telling you to stay the fuck away from him, Adelaide” His voice vibrated off the walls

hurt. I could

not been enough. I should have been honest with harm Maybe, if I had then we wouldn’t be in

small. “I know you’re mad and this doesn’t look good. But this is not what it

seems, frust me.”

felt nothing for you. Don’t gaslight me any more than you already

thick you could cut it with

“He

knew what was about to come when I opened my

me but he told me they were done. That was what we were speaking so ustently

painted his face was like a sucker punch to the gut.

Chapter 85

you when he first told me because we were finally in

at me like he couldn’t even recognize me and I didn’t know how

did he tell you about these feelings?” It was

day you came back from Vegas and Ashton had

day you flipped out on me about Angela?”

I winced. “Yes.”

my friend while you

I didn’t want you to be uncomfortable knowing I was seeing him

now? How do you think I feel now, dear wife?” He raised his hands in the air in pure exasperation. “I’ll tell you, I feel

“That’s not true.”

I both know it.” The break in his voice cracked the soft flesh of my heart. “You did it because you wanted to save

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