His Ex, My Bed: The Ultimate Betrayal

ost expensive champagne and a tasting menu that defied description. Each delicate course, each sip of sparkling wine, tasted like freedom. There was no need to worry about Jack

ce or care about my absence. The familiar chill of neglect settled in my bones, but tonight, it didn' t sting. It simply reinforced the truth. I let mys

ture floral perfume. It was a stench of invasion, clinging to my sheets, my pillows, my spac

y. Invaded.

own. The mattress dipped, and a sharp, p

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ontorted in a mask of terror, clutching a silk pillow to her chest. Her eyes, wide and pani

it was pure, unadulterated instinct. My hand shot out, grabbing Amber's ar

stantly streaming down her face. Sh

Hailey! What the hell?" He scrambled out of bed, instinctively shield

" Amber sobbed, pointing

is voice laced with a panicked urgency that screamed of lies. His pupils dilated

iting for me to come home? Or waiting for you to return

us, Hailey! She just crashed. We wer

indentations. "Right." My surgeon's eye noted the lack of any obvious physical intima

, my voice now a low rumble.

kson, where will I go?" She looked at him with

r overriding any sense of propriety. "Hailey, you

et. I threw them all into a heavy-duty trash bag. Then I opened every window, even though it was a cool night. I lit a palo santo stick, letting the cleansing smoke curl into every corner of the room, banis

cked bedroom door. "Hailey! Let me in! What a

led back, my voice flat. "Don't worry, I won't contamin

of! We're not doing anything!"

s to think Amber is just perfect for you. And if that's the

ed in from the hallway. "Hailey, please! Don't

tion, Hailey!" Jackson yelled

t through the noise. "Hailey, stop th

on barked, his voice filled with a faux patriarch

n the background. "Looks like som

r, smirked. Her eyes, full of triumph,

k the bags for St. Barts! My parents' luggage is heavy. Amber has three suitcases. Jorda

noyingly sweet, "Yes, Hailey, darling

that didn' t reach my eyes. "Of

evident in his voice. "Don't be

voice as sweet as poison. "I w