Chapter 0197
I look to the heavens before calming myself. I didn’t need a lot of stress right now.
“Hello Christine, hello Emma,” I say in a controlled voice.
I didn’t want to deal with drama today. So I was going to be as civil as I could, then remove myself from
this situation.
Christine scoffs, but I don’t pay her any attention. My focus was on Emma. She still had the sling around. her shoulder. Seeing it there reminded me of that day. The way she willingly took a bullet for me.
I wanted to reach out to her after that incident, but I wasn’t sure if my actions would be welcomed. In her eyes, I was probably still her nemesis.
My eyes pierces hers. “I never got the chance to thank you for what you did, but I’ll forever be grateful,” I tell her, motioning to her shoulder.
I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t for her to scoff at me in disdain. Sure, I know we would never be the best of friends, but I had hoped that with what happened to us, we would put our differences aside.
“I don’t need your fucking thanks, and what the hell made you think that I got shot for you?” she asks, her
face scrunching up in disgust.
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I sigh and shake my head. I guess nothing has changed. The bitch I was used to was firmly back in place.
“Whatever Emma, I’m still thankful.”
Corrine and Letty look behind them when they realize that I’m not following them. They stop before. turning back. A murderous look on both their faces.
I’ve known them for a short time, but fuck do I love my friends.
“What the hell is going on here? You better not be causing trouble for Ava, or I swear I’ll destroy you,”
Corrine warns, her voice taking a deadly tone.
“Oh, look, our mousy Ava went and got herself some friends; how nice,” Christine mocks. I could literally
taste the bitterness in her voice.
Letty steps towards them, her hands fisted, but I stop her. I didn’t need a fight right now. What I needed.
was peace and tranquility.
“She’s not worth it, Letty. She’s nothing but a resentful, hateful bitch.” I tell my friend, pleading with my
eyes to let it go.
“I’m not worth it?” Christine scoffs, turning towards Emma before looking back at me. “You’re the one who isn’t worth it. You’re unwanted and hated. No one in your family likes you. As if that isn’t bad enough, you also spread your legs for anyone. Do you even know who your baby’s father is?”
Throwing my hands up in the air, I turn towards my friends. “Why the hell does everyone think I’m a whore? I’ve slept with two men. Two fucking men! If that makes me a whore, then what the hell is she?” I ask, pointing at Christine.
“You bitch!” she screams, shards of hatred directed at me.
“What? I’m telling the truth. I am damn sure you have slept with most of the eligible married and
unmarried men in this city.”
“Shut up!” she screams, losing it. “It’s because of you that I lost my job! You made Rowan fire me.”
To be honest, I laugh at that. It was so funny and so silly. Like could she seriously hear herself? She
wasn’t making any sense.
“I can’t make Rowan do anything even if I wanted to! He fired you because he realized what a lousy human being you are.”
“I’m gonna kill you,” she yells again.
She steps forward to attack me, but Emma stops her. Her action surprises me, but I don’t let it linger too
much in my brain. I was done with confusing behaviors from those around me.
I totally ignore Christine as she curses me and focus on Emma.
Synopsis
Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn’t one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I’ve loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I’m tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something…. It was time to let him go. I know he’ll never love me and that I’ll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved. Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?
