The Alpha’s Hidden Heirs by Avery Rose

Novel Heirs 261

Chapter 261

It was my words that made Selene stop in her tracks. I watched, waiting for her reaction.

Hadn't she wanted this before we divorced? Her voice still echoed in my mind. "Babe, don't go to her. I'm your wife. Please come back to me."

Merry

The memory of her pleading lingered, her words looping in my head. My jaw tightened as regret settled in-regret that I hadn't ended things with Ruby sooner.

Selene slowly turned to look at me.

"What did you just say?"

Meeting her eyes, I gave a firm nod. "I broke up with her."

had always been the barrier between us, keeping me from reaching Selene the way I wanted. So I ended it-to

the reaction I got was nothing like

anger flashing in her eyes. "You're not a real man." My

years with that woman, and now you suddenly decide to end it? The only thing you're good at is breaking a woman's heart.

words left me momentarily speechless. I took a step toward her, but

back.

be

would that matter to me? Whether you break up with her or crawl back into her arms, it

say that?

parted

looked away, as if

used to love you.

painfully. Then she turned back to me, a small, knowing

attention. The one who begged you to come home, who pleaded with you not to bring up divorce. The one who spent years trying to convince you that I never bullied your girlfriend. The one who desperately wanted you to think about our future. The one who begged

spoke hit me like a punch,