Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 60852 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 304(@200wpm)___ 243(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 60852 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 304(@200wpm)___ 243(@250wpm)___ 203(@300wpm)
He loves her.
His wife.
His other wife.
Does this mean we’re not legally married?
I don’t know anything.
All I know is that tonight, I lost the love of my life.
To another woman.
The worst part? He didn’t even cheat.
But he did lie, and that feels right now like it hurts the same.
“Come on,” Addison murmurs, her hand on my shoulder as she leads me into the room.
“Muff is trying to call me,” Serenity whispers, but that has my head whipping up.
“Do not answer him,” I say, my voice harsh but low. “None of you. Promise me.”
“Tell us what happened.” Ciara squats down in front of me, her yellow eyes scanning my face. “We need to understand.”
“Muff has a wife. That woman ... is his wife.”
Her eyes widen as her head whips in the direction of Serenity and Addison, who both look equally as shocked.
“What?” Ciara whispers. “What do you mean he has a wife?”
“That’s who she is,” I growl, staring down at my trembling hands.
“I don’t understand,” Serenity shakes her head. “Nobody ever mentioned he had a wife.”
“That’s because nobody knows,” I mutter. “It’s a big fucking secret.”
Addison shakes her head. “That makes no sense. Why wouldn’t he tell us?”
“He thought she was dead.”
My voice is low, and saying those words only makes the confusion worse.
“What?” Serenity looks confused.
“That’s what he told me,” I mutter. “He thought she was dead. It doesn’t matter, though, does it? He lied to me, all along he lied. Then when he found out, he lied. He looked me in the fucking eye, and he lied. Now, he’s confused. He doesn’t know what he wants.”
“Oh, honey,” Serenity quickly moves toward me, sitting on the edge of the bed and pulling me into her arms. “I am so sorry.”
“He’s everything,” I gasp, and then the tears flow, pouring down my cheeks as a pain unlike anything I have ever felt consumes me. “He is the love of my life, the father of my child, he is all I ever wanted, and I thought we were forever ...”
“He’s just in shock. We don’t know the full story, and I’m sure with time, he’ll come home.”
“It’s over,” I pull away from her, shaking my head as anger replaces the hurt. “He’s not coming home.”
“That’s a big decision to make,” Addison carefully says. “Aren’t you going to let him explain, at the very least?”
“Explain?” I croak, staring at her with horror. “He lied to my face. He looked me in the eye and he fucking lied. Then, he was sneaking around to see her. You want me to just get over that? To wait while he decides who he wants?”
Addison shakes her head. “I didn’t mean ...”
“What Addison meant,” Serenity cuts in, “is that you might just need to give yourself time to settle down and think.”
“It’s done, Serenity. Done. Finished. We’re over.”
“Jani—”
“I need to sleep,” I cut her off, pushing to my feet even though my knees wobble. “Can you let me?”
The three girls glance at each other then nod, and one by one, they leave until I’m standing, alone in a room, a pain in my heart that I’m not certain I can live with, or that I’ll ever get over. An angry sob leaves my throat as I collapse to my knees, clutching my chest and letting out a shrill wail. It hurts, it hurts so fucking bad. Mostly, because of the fact that he’s confused.
Confused.
If you asked me, I would tell you not a single thing in this world could make me choose anyone but Muff.
If you asked him, he would say he’s confused.
Who is this woman?
And just how much did she mean to him?
OVER AND OVER, HE CALLS.
I continue to ignore him.
He isn’t ready to give up, though, and I know he won’t, not until he hears my voice and has a chance to plead with me to listen. Listen to what? Him try to explain away that he’s a fucking liar.
I don’t think so.
The phone rings again, and this time, I pick it up angrily because I’ve had just about enough. My voice is like a whip when I answer it, and I want him to hear just how hurt and angry I am right now.
“If you don’t stop calling me, I’ll block you, Brian.”
“I won’t stop callin’,” he grinds out, his voice gruff, “until you hear me out.”
“Hear you out?” I snort. “You think your story matters to me? It doesn’t. I don’t care what happened, I care about the fact that you never told me, that you lied to me, and that you don’t know what you want. After everything we’ve created together, you just don’t know what you want. Go fuck yourself, Brian.”
“It’ll matter to you if you fuckin’ hear me out,” he barks, and I hear something break on the other end.
“Yell at me once more, Brian. Go on, see how it ends.”