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

you must also know when they were taken. We were divorced by then. What happened between Oscar

to open the door again. “Unlock

just as I was about to climb out, he leaned over and

I got angry and bit

thin fabric of his shirt, my teeth dug hard into

by me several times before, but he never learned his lesson and kept

My teeth had drawn blood from his forearm, staining

many times

with a napkin, “Open the door, or I’m calling

He

parents, hed be

to find out who had taken the photos of Oscar and

were definitely taken by

good connections in the industry and could usually dig up

I’ll let you know once

at Neils car

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

was too late now

hadnt experienced such deep pain, or if he was not wavering over Bonnie,

precise, if my child were still alive, as time went on, I could have let go of my resentment and let the child recognize him as

were

fiftieth birthday was coming

focused on planning a birthday party for

the others would certainly come. As for the

Russel, my best friend, I

ignored in the business circle was the Whitmore family. The Whitmores and the Finches were once

the Whitmores, and after deciding on the

mom’s birthday, the venue was bustling. I sat in a corner with Stella Barbara, and Alicia, eating and chatting Mitch was there too, and

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