Chapter 155

I turned around to see Neil standing there with a grim face, having clearly heard me call him a “jerk.”

I waved to Cathie coolly. “You should head off, drive safe tonight”

Cathie nodded, shot Neil a glare, and zoomed off with a press of the gas pedal.

She’s so free and easy, so cool.

If I had been half as free spirited as her, I wouldn’t have ended up with Neil, and none of this would have happened.

“So I’m a jerk in your eyes?” Neil’s voice was icy cold.

“What I think of you doesn’t matter, as long as you’re the best man in Bonnie’s eyes, that’s enough, isn’t it?” I retorted, “Neil, get a grip, Bonnie is important to you, and not just because of Karina. Stop coming to me with all this weird stuff.”

Ready to leave, I turned around only to have Neil grab my wrist and force me into his car. I tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge.

“What the hell are you doing? I demanded, my wrist,aching from his grip.

“What’s this about?” Neil pulled out a handful of photos, his tone icy

I took the photos and was taken aback. They were of me and Oscar, who I had run into at a Day of the Dead ceremony

We had shared a meal and he had hugged me before we parted Somehow, that had been caught on camera.

From the angle of the photo, we looked like a couple.

“Where did you get these?” I asked.

“Why were you hugging him? I thought you were just friends?” Neil was angry, as if I had cheated on him

know when they were taken. We were divorced by then.

I attempted to open the door again. “Unlock the

just as I was about

got angry and

fabric of his shirt, my teeth dug hard into Neil’s skin.

by me several times before,

had drawn blood from his

Neil glared at his sleeve, swearing, “How many times have you bitten me? Are you

a napkin, “Open the door,

face was pale. He

to his parents, hed be scolded, and it might even affect

back in my car, I immediately contacted Halley to find out who had taken the photos of Oscar and

taken by

connections in the industry and could usually dig up some

you

my phone and glanced at Neils car through the windshield. He was still

feelings for me. His personality wouldn’t allow for him to be so persistent,

was too late now

he was not wavering over Bonnie, I might

went on, I could have let go of my resentment and let the child recognize him as

any perspective, he and I were a past that shouldn’t

fiftieth birthday was coming up in

aside and focused on planning a birthday party for

certainly come. As for the other guests,

I

ignored in the business circle was the Whitmore family. The Whitmores and the Finches were once allies through marriage, but now they

Whitmores, and after deciding on the rest

of my mom’s birthday, the venue was bustling. I sat in a corner with Stella Barbara,

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