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Chap.41*Not His Wife*
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“What was all this Ryker?” Kathleen forced her body weight onto one leg and stared at Ryker in disbelief, “How do you explain your behavior?” she continued to ask him super annoyed. Her quizzical stare was making Ryker feel guilty, but why?
Why would he feel guilty for protecting his own wife?
“He was asking for you,” Ryker hunched over a little and shouted in desperation, “For my wife.” As he added, the anger on Kathleen’s face quickly changed into confusion.
She was taken aback by Ryker being possessive about her when they were not even together anymore. The silence between them grew more intense, hinting that one of them owes the other some explanation.
“Ryker! If I had behaved like this with Eloise back when you brought her home, how would have you reacted to it?” Kathleen tried to not think too deeply about his reaction, sometimes ignorance is bliss.
“Just because I was wr
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