Total pages in book: 148
Estimated words: 135517 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 678(@200wpm)___ 542(@250wpm)___ 452(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 135517 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 678(@200wpm)___ 542(@250wpm)___ 452(@300wpm)
“What else was I supposed to believe, Ryder? It was under your name.”
“So, you thought that I hated you that much.”
“Well, yeah. So, if you didn’t write them, what about the pregnancy rumors?” I felt stupid asking, but I had to know. He’d been here for hours, and I hadn’t had the nerve to bring it up.
Seeing that post had almost destroyed me, which was one big sign that I was far from over him. I was almost afraid of a relapse. That’s how bad it was. The thought of him sharing that with her, something I might never have, was the last straw.
“There is no pregnancy. I never touched her, not after we got married. Where are you going?” I walked away before I hit him again, back to being mad and frustrated.
“You say you want another chance, and you’re already back to lying to me, taking me for a fool. You forget that I know you. There’s no way you went five years without sex, and that sociopath would’ve killed you if you even dared look at another woman. This is pointless; I can’t do this with you. Thanks for telling me everything; you can go now.”
“Elena, look at me. You know me; you know me better than anyone else in this world….”
“That’s not true. How do I know that? I believed that before, even as messed up as you were, I always believed that I knew your heart.”
“I always believed that I knew you, that you would never hurt me because you knew me. I believed that you loved me enough never to hurt me, and you damn near destroyed me.”
“Elena.”
“No, stop.” I hated that hurt tone in his voice. Who was he to be hurt? Since when did he care about my feelings? “Do you know how many nights I thought of ending myself? Do you know the pain you caused and what you took from me? You took something that was so precious, so vital to me. You stole my trust; you broke my heart in pieces; you treated me like I was nothing. You told the world that I meant nothing to you.”
“The person you hurt wasn’t some TV character; you destroyed the real me. Someone who let you in and loved you, you tossed away like a used tissue. Don’t you understand what you meant to me? How did you think I was going to feel after what you did? You stole every bit of innocence I had left, Ryder. I trusted you with that girl, the one no one else gets to see.”
“You were vital to that girl, that girl that was never in the spotlight. That girl opened her heart and let you in. You made me fall in love with you, and then you just went away. Not only that but the way in which you did it, you humiliated me in front of the whole world. No, don’t touch me. I moved away when he reached out because I knew if he touched me, I would break down, and I wouldn’t get it all out.
“I was a laughingstock. I’m sure that you went through your own traumas or whatever, but that was your choice. How did I get dragged into it because you wanted to fuck Grandma and half of this depraved town? And now you’re here trying to drag me back into the middle of your mess again?”
“What is it that you’re expecting me to do? Are you expecting me to fight these people? These are some very dangerous people if what you’re saying is true.”
“It’s all true, believe me, I wouldn’t make up something like this, but first, we have to plan, we have to be very careful and plan, and the first thing I want to do is mend your heart. I’m the one who broke it, so I should be the one to put it back together. Call me whatever you want to, but I’m not taking no for an answer. I already told you in a song.”
Before I could open my mouth to blast him, both our phones dinged. I only picked mine up for something to do other than yelling back at him. “Oh damn! I guess you were telling the truth after all.”
‘What nondescript daughter of a barely there actor is auditioning for the role of immaculate conception?’
‘Sources say that the only way this F-list wanna-be model slash makeup guru could become with child is if the bodyguard was working overtime, since her A-list husband, who’s now getting his act together, has never graced her bed. Maybe her mother can cast a breeding spell, or she can buy herself a puppy to keep her company in the lonely days and nights to come.’
Beside the post was a picture of Janie and the post she’d made earlier claiming to be pregnant, along with one of those false pregnancy tummies they use in the movies.