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

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heart. Why me? I thought that I had finally gotten a

That everything was falling into place, but this?

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Letty asks again.

kidnapper laughs and answers for me. Something

He laughs again. “He’s the one that hired me

close my eyes at the pain that assaults me.

actually hearing it is two

an explanation. That maybe he had an evil

he hasn’t said anything proves

the chains. They were the only thing that were holding me up

deal with this kind of betrayal? How am

very well that

were they all just a game to him? Toying

on the best way

of the good guys” Letty

want to believe it, but the truth was staring

been playing me for months. Leading me on,

well that he wasn’t

what I’m feeling now. Not even when

as

have just killed me without getting close to me? Without making me develop

kinder than what

sick in the head was he? To make the person you

to my worries and made me hope for a future he

here boss…would you like the honours or should I do it?” The man

giving the

though. He was looking at the

breath catches when he takes

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get the courage to ask him. “Why make me like you if you were only using me? If you were planning to kill me.

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