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“You fucking sucker-punched me, you bitch!”
“Please stop!” I begged. My heart was pounding profusely. Two of the most important people in my life hated each other with the same love I had for both of them.
This was the last thing I wanted to happen on a normal day, let alone my birthday.
“Get the fuck out!” Jax ordered. “You’re not wanted here!”
My stare flew to Jax. “What?! I want him here!”
“You want me or him, Kinley?”
“Christian!” I exclaimed, staring at him now. “That’s not fair!”
“You want to know what’s not fair, Kinley? That he’s purposely doing this to make us fight, and you can’t see it!”
“No, he’s not,” I affirmed. “You don’t know him like I do. You’re just being unfair.”
“Fine,” Christian bit out. “I’ll fucking leave.” His vicious expression tore back to Jax, glaring him down with a look I’d never seen before from him. “But don’t for one second think we’re done here. I’m only leaving because I love her, and if I don’t, I’ll lose her…”
His next words rendered me speechless and broke my heart at the same time.
“To you. Exactly the way you want.”
Chapter Eleven
—Christian—
Now
I took a swig off the bottle of Jack as I made my way into the bathroom of the bar. The fiery liquid burned with delight, and all I wanted to do was forget. Tomorrow we’d sign our divorce papers, and despite knowing we still needed to go before the judge to make it official, it didn’t matter.
Our marriage was over. The rest was simply logistics.
Then what were the last twenty years for?
I fixed the broken girl only for her to shatter me in the end.
I’d tried kidding myself into believing I wished the last fucking twenty years didn’t happen, but that was a lie because there I was, thinking about only her.
My wife.
The only woman I’d ever loved.
I wanted to imagine that I didn’t see her face in front of me, the same face I’d woken up to every morning and fell asleep with every night. She’d lay in the crook of my arm while I played with her hair until she passed out.
It was the best part of my day. Having her in my arms was what I looked forward to the most. I’d watch her sleep, taking in her beauty.
However, if I would have known the last time I made love to her would have been the last I’d feel her mouth against mine, her heart beating in sync with mine, her body beneath me with my cock inside of her…
I would have taken more time to hear her moan, make her come, ruining her for any other man in her future. The mere thought ignited an intense fury I’d never felt before. A dark torment settled over my mind. It coursed through my veins, pumping through my blood as I took a long hard look in the mirror, not recognizing the man staring back at me anymore.
Who was he without Kinley?
We’d been together for so long, all I knew was how to love her.
Protect her.
Have her standing by my side.
