"I did not do this, Max. You have to believe me," I said, and he shook his head. "How can I? You never wanted her here. You asked me to reject her. You have been cold towards her. I also learned you do this often. You bully and sometimes beat her when I am not home. My men confirmed it," and I real
~Avery~ I looked at Max with his pleading eyes. What was he doing in my booth? Was he crazy? He walked to where I was, and I stood up and punched him right between the eyes. Now I see why I dreamt of him last night. Everything he did to me came rushing back to me, and I slapped him. He did not
"Please, Avery," he said in tears. I knew he had no words to plead his case. So I looked him dead in the eyes to make my demands. Demands I knew he would not be able to deliver. "Go and lock Michelle up in the garage and repeatedly beat the shit out of her wolf for three years. Starve her and humi
"In those passionate nights with Michelle, you made all the time we spent together, all the memories we had and shared into nothing. You made it seem like nothing and claimed to regret it, so should I return it to you? You had used your words to cancel every ounce of affection I had left for you. Yo
~Linda~ I had to have a sandwich. There was no way I would sit in the booth until noon before I ate. A woman was selling delicious turkey sandwiches, and I went to her stall. Besides my cravings, I did not want to sit alone in the booth with Avery. Even though I chose to be oblivious of it, I not
The painful part was that I believed him until Eric got me pregnant. That was why I chose to elope on impulse. I knew the pregnancy would make Kyle mad, so I had no choice but to elope with Eric, but Eric was a coward. He ran away and left me to deal with the mess. I was arrested on the day I pla
Please, Linda. I promise to be a better version of myself," he said, and I remained calm. Not because I wanted to but because of my baby. I did not want to get upset and cause complications for myself. "Let us not drag this, Kyle. Get off your knees and leave. I am not coming back to you. I am hap
~Tamia~ Stephanie was into the Croquet game we were watching, and I wished Avery and Linda had followed us, but they wanted to remain in our official booth for reasons best known to them. Dominic had stylishly joined us, but we did not need to guess why he was with us and not with his brother. Kat