#Chapter 19 – His Sister
Abby

Tiffany crosses her arms, waiting for my answer. I don’t really know what to say to her. He’s the one

who divorced me, after all. It’s not like I set out to break his heart.

“I’m not the one who decided to get a divorce,” I say, opting for the truth.

She pushes her curtain of brown hair over her shoulder, revealing the muscular lines of her shoulders.

“Is that so?” novelbin

I give Karl an exasperated look. You could jump in here at any time, my gaze says. “I’m not a liar.”

If she thinks she can come in here and blame me for everything, she’s wrong. I’m not going to let her

walk all over me. Karl’s cousin or not, she has no right to make it seem like I’m the one at fault for

Karl’s behavior. Whatever he’s done in the years since our divorce, that’s on him. I’m not responsible

for his choices.

Her frown deepens, and she shoots Karl a look.

“She’s not lying. I ended things,” he says. He avoids my gaze, drinking deeply from his glass.

It doesn’t seem to get me off the h o ok, though. She looks just as bothered by me as she did before. I

can’t bring myself to care. After all the s hit that’s gone down in the past few days, the last thing I’m

worried about is whether she likes me. I’ve got enough to deal with already.

“Yes, but you had your reasons,” she answers empathetically, shooting me a venomous look. Clearly,

she knows something I don’t.

I open my mouth to ask her what she means by that exactly, but Karl speaks up before I get the

chance. “Let’s not get into this right now,” he says.

He looks weary and exhausted, and I almost feel bad for him. Almost. A part of me just wants to stand

he left me. Obviously, he seems

me, not even when I begged him. I never got that

sip from his drink, and Tiffany shakes her head. “Why is she

Karl says, narrowing his eyes at her. “This isn’t about you.

people to entertain.”

it clear exactly how he feels

a little bad for Tiffany. He obviously finds her and her

just trying to get you out of the house for once. You can’t sit in here working 24/7

whole reason I wanted to go to

to have some real food for once. You know, something actually home cooked.

and booze, even

says, his

me

be deceiving, after all.

a sip of my drink, looking back and forth between them. Maybe Tiffany

she cares about her cousin and wants to help him. Sure,

from a good place. Even if her clear dislike of me seems a

put himself in this

she hear this? It’s kind of her

fault? We really need to stop blaming

do. I didn’t

decision.

“Tiffany!” Karl growls.

me, and

since I returned to

and see other people when I force you to. How

it

stands up with a huff. “Whatever. My bad for trying to

I watch her go, my eyebrows raised. She

make an

running his hand through his hair. It falls back down into

room and sink into his

his muscular things beneath me. But I force the thoughts

drunk me talking. Under no circumstance would any

someone you really like, and you’re

it up. Certainly not on

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