Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 51

Betrayed
Ava

I stare. My heart beating erratically and my mind racing. How the hell did I get here? How the hell

did I not see this coming?

I was frozen. Mortified. Unable to utter a fucking word. My world was crumbling down around me.

Shattering into pieces.

‘Boss‘

That one word kept playing in my head. Driving me to the brink of madness then back. All this time. Wondering. Guessing. Searching. My enemy was right under my fucking nose.

“What the fuck is going on” the angry shout pulls me back to this painful reality.

I turn behind me, only to be shocked

Letty was tied to a chair. She looked afraid and pissed off at the same time. She was bleeding from her head. I guess the bastard that kidnapped us hit her on the head too.

I had been so occupied with my fears of dying and trying to get out of this situation that I didn’t notice that she was here. In my defence, she was behind me. I didn’t expect anyone behind me.

“Isn’t it obvious? I kidnapped both of you” our kidnapper says.

“Why would you kidnap her when I’m the one you wanted?” I ask looking down.

I didn’t want to face my betrayer. It was too painful to look at the familiar face.

“It wasn’t in the plan, but then I saw her outside breathing the fresh air. She is related to your family and I knew I could fetch more money if I keep her for ransom” he explains with a shrug.

It kind of made sense. She was Travis‘ girlfriend and from what I know he’s madly in love with

her. He would do anything to get her back including paying the ransom money.

“I don’t get it” Letty begins. “Then what is Ethan doing here? Is he here to rescue us?” She asks

hopefully. 2

a sharp sword into my heart. Why me?

falling into place, but this? I never expected this to happen to

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Letty asks again.

for me. Something that I couldn’t

Ha!” He laughs again. “He’s the one that hired me to kill

close my eyes at the pain that assaults me.

it is two

hoped that there was an explanation. That maybe he had an evil twin

said anything proves that everything his

chains. They were the only

with this kind of betrayal? How am I supposed to look

that he wanted

a game to him?

on the best way to

Ethan is one of the good guys” Letty

didn’t want to believe it, but the truth was staring

for months. Leading me

knowing very well that he wasn’t going

feeling now. Not even

as much as what

just killed me without getting close to me? Without making

have been kinder than what he did.

was he? To make the person you want dead fall for you? He slept with

made me hope for a future he knew wasn’t

you’re here boss…would you like the honours or should

the

me though.

he takes the

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answer me that” I finally get the courage to ask him. “Why make me like you if you were

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