~Avery~
I looked at Max with his pleading eyes.
What was he doing in my booth? Was he crazy?
He walked to where I was, and I stood up and punched him right between the eyes.
Now I see why I dreamt of him last night.
Everything he did to me came rushing back to me, and I slapped him.
He did not say anything; he just stared and me with tears rolling down his cheeks.
“What do you want, Max? You are trespassing,” I told him, and he went on his knees.
“Avery, I am sorry,” He said, and I wondered what had gotten into him. Why was he telling me sorry? There was no word to describe what he did to me, so there shouldn’t be a word to take it away.
“What do you want?” I asked him, and he bowed his head.
“I want you to come back to me, Avery,” he said, and I could not believe this guy.
“Are you sick or something? How the fuck do you think I will come back to you after all you did to me because of Michelle?” I said, and he stood up.
“I am sorry, Avery. I later found out that she was lying. She wasn’t pregnant, and you were not beating her. Doctor Alice said Michelle had never been pregnant in her life. All the miscarriages she claimed to have because you beat her were lies. I am sorry,” he said, and I was shocked.
I wasn’t shocked at what he said, but because he was stupid enough to not figure out she was lying about her pregnancy.
“I have scars to show for it, Max. Scars that would never heal on Mia’s body. My body. How do you think that would make me feel?” I asked him, and he bowed his head in shame.
“I do not know what came over me, Ave. I lost it. I lost my mind,” he said in tears, and I could not believe this psycho.
“You did it so much, Max. You did it every night. Every night you fought with Michelle, you came for me; whenever I refused to agree with your actions, you came for me. Whenever I did something you disagreed with, you came for me. I was your punching bag. Your rag. You maltreated me; anything is better than being with you,” I said and looked at him in disbelief. Had he lost his mind?
“How could you even expect that I will leave someone who loves me wholeheartedly and fixed my broken soul? What made you think I would return to you? ” I said, and he looked at me.
I knew he never expected it to come to this. He saw me as a commodity, an object. He even saw his fated like that, too. That was the only reason he requested a swap.
He thought it would be easy. He thought all men were like him and saw women as objects.
It was either that, or he had lost his mind completely.
back, he will, and I will
am,” he said, and I laughed. I knew there was more to the story. I knew he wasn’t telling me the
hurt me when you are standing in front
There are many women out there for him, but you are meant for me. My life was better when you were in it. My world is coming apart without you, Avery.
have a mate,” I told him, and
Max? Does Echo not need his mate badly?” I
in tears. I knew he had no words to plead his case. So I looked
in the garage and repeatedly beat the
her over
and let her know that is why you are fucking her; let her know you touched her because you can’t let a
and make her
to your men and pack
that, then come back in three years,” I said with a grin, and
him to do all he did to me to Michelle for the time
did not have that luxury of time, but those were my terms; an impossible task he
wanted him to hear what being with
long he did it. He needed to
in shambles, Avery. I will lose my pack if you do not come
know how to handle
schemes and safety
pack, where
can’t lose it,” Max confessed, and I
do it,”
I can have this conversation with you because I have moved on. I have healed. My heart is in the right place. I am getting married soon, and Marcel and I plan to start a family. I have too much going on
were mine. You will always be my Avery,” I saw the possessive
was it when he maltreated me
it when he repeatedly chose Michelle and his men over me? Where was
what happened that day. You deliberately stopped fighting and let them overpower us. You knew I would have no choice but to let you go… You told everyone that cared to listen that I threw you to them like you didn’t mean anything,
die for a pack that maltreated me and a man that destroyed me. I had to get away from the beating. It was a saving
them, she claimed to be pregnant, so I knew you would
your fated. Your biggest
know I heard all the
Max, I heard most of your love discussions with Michelle. How you found me repulsive. How you wished you never had to fuck me again. How you only sleep with me when I am in heat out of pity. How you wished you waited for her,” I said and hearing me say those words brought tears
asked him because we
me, but it didn’t matter. I
date until
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