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“I don’t see how you do it, being married. If I were married and had a child, I would go insane. It’s already hard to be a single parent,” Trent says, their backs facing me, so I can’t see his facial expressions.
I pause and listen closely.
“Marriage is amazing,” Atlas says.
“It is. I’m enjoying it just fine,” Jasper concurs, and I smile at his words.
The thought of him loving being married to me makes me giddy inside, and I want to go up to him and kiss him, but I don’t want to feel as if I’m eavesdropping on their conversation.
“But you said you were going to divorce her once you sign the paperwork to your uncle’s company. Are you going to change your mind?” Trent asks, taking a swig of his drink.
My heart stops in my chest. I can’t believe what I’ve just heard. He was going to go back on the deal we made?
Why would he betray me like that?
I tried everything to be there for him, even when I thought for certain I wasn’t going to receive my mother’s approval. Yet he was never loyal to me, only to what I could provide for him. I thought Jasper had changed and was not a selfish bastard.
I don’t want to hear any more. I feel like an idiot, a fool to think I was more to Jasper than I was. He was planning on leaving me, even when I told him my family doesn’t believe in divorce, that my mother would disown me and I would lose everything.
He’s a backstabber and only thinks about his own needs.
I was a fool to believe I wouldn’t be caught up in his selfishness.
Clearly, he never cared what was at stake for me and only looked out for himself.
But I’m not going to be his fool any longer.
I leave the glass of Coke at the bar, hurrying inside and grabbing my purse. I strap it over my body, then I grab my jacket and slip it on. I can’t stay here for another moment and I can’t stand the sight of Jasper right now.
Lake gazes at me and her eyes widen.
“Lake, something came up with Sophia. I’ll have to go.”
Concern is written all over her face. “What happened? Should I get Jasper?”
Tears threaten my eyes, but I refuse to let them fall. I’m not going to cry over that selfish bastard. “No, I’m fine,” I lie.
I open the door and close it behind me.
Finally, I let the tears fall.
Jasper
“I’m not going to leave Poppy. I love her,” I admit.
Both of them stare at me as if I have three heads.
Trent arches his eyebrow. “Really?”
I nod. “I’m going to talk to her about it as soon as we go home. We’ve been friends with benefits, and now I want something more.” I sigh and run my fingers through my hair. “I want us to treat our marriage like a real one.”
I never thought I would get to this point in my marriage, that I would fall in love with her. I haven’t been in love for a very long time, and I miss the feeling. I just hope she feels the same way, because if she doesn’t, it will destroy me, but I’ll work hard for her.
Atlas pats me on the back. “Good for you. I’m happy for you, Jasper. Getting married is the best thing I ever did. It softens the heart.”
I look up at the now inky sky, and the air sticks to my face. How am I going to tell her I want to be with her for real? What if she rejects me? I have never been in a situation where I would hope for my wife to approve of me. It’s usually the other way around when it comes to women; they are often the ones who fear I might reject them.
Lake hurries outside to us and she looks cute with her swollen belly, but I note the concern on her face. Atlas rushes to her side, holding his hand out to her.
