Chapter 19

Shannon

I leaned in closer to make it seem like I was about to kiss him, when I saw him close his eyes, I turned my head to his ear.

"Now if you'd excuse me."

I felt his burning gaze on my back as I walked away from him, especially on my ass. I was tempted to look back, but I held myself back.

It seemed that he really cared about the fact I cried after reading Terry's letter.

Terry said he wanted me back because I was his most precious possession, but Vernon thought that I could make my own decision because I wasn't an object.

My husband for five years only wanted me back because I was his trophy wife, a strange Alpha I met not long ago who treated me with the respect I deserved. I couldn't help but think about how ironic this was.

And that I should know better. I should have known from his attitude in the past. He hated whenever I wore anything pretty, he didn't want me to become a warrior, not because he cared about me. Because deep down, he viewed me as his possession.

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