As a last resort, I looked to Richard for help, but he wasn’t looking at me. Instead, he was staring at the door with a look of anticipation on his face. My gaze swung to see what had caught his attention.

When I saw who it was, my body tensed.

Alexander strode into the restaurant, his face cold, and his hands clenched at his side. It looked like he was preparing himself for battle.

Crap.

The last thing I wanted to do when I was being forced to have breakfast with my ex–husband was face the man who I had made out with last night. How was I going to navigate this awkward situation? I would rather be anywhere else in the world right now.

As my heart pounded against my ribcage, I tried to pull my hand out of Ethan’s strong grip again, but he held on tight.

“Are you only trying to get away from me now that your little boyfriend has made an appearance?” Ethan hissed. “Are you afraid that we are going to make him jealous?”

I glared at him. “In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been trying to get away from you since you forced me down here,” I hissed at him, trying to put all the hatred that was bubbling inside of me behind my words.

The closer that Alexander got to our table, the quicker my heart beat.

To my surprise, Alexander didn’t immediately start yelling. Instead, he calmly sat down in the vacant seat next to me. An unreadable

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crossed his face as his gaze swept down to our clasped hands. I hoped that Alexander could see how tense my body was. I hoped that he

us waited to see who was going to be the first to

with you?” Alexander asked in a cold, calm voice. “Are you

ex–husband was making me do this, and I wasn’t having breakfast with him or holding his hand because I wanted to.

Alexander knew me.

a question for you, Mr. Green. Why do you want another man’s

clenched. “Shut up,” I snapped at my ex. I had finally reached my breaking point

of my strength, I was able to rip my hand out of Ethan’s tight grip. As I flexed my fingers, I

the last thing you’ll do,”

“You’ve changed so much trying to please

my hands as rage shot down my spine. A few people looked over at us, but I didn’t care anymore about causing a scene. Not when I was seeing red with anger. “You are the most

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to Alexander. You are the gum stuck to the bottom of someone’s shoe compared to

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