Me Before You: My Ex's Brother Should Know What I Taste

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not just

uple anymore. It made me sick. I didn't want any ambig

with him last night. Don't eve

she looked sharply at Aid

kened. "Aunt

my own eyes, hearing it with my ow

agree to break up. We're getting engag

k I'd just pretend nothing had happ

ly think I could see him cheat and still g

doesn't make you sick to say tha

pt." A man voiced

ck. His presence, intense and out of place in t

"Isla, how long are you

Matthew to come

istration book so they could go to the civil affairs office and get married. Said I

ppearance ma

h the hem of m

ttew in surprise. "How did yo

hew'

den discontent and coldness. Last night, when Aiden grabbed my arm at the elev

trayed Isla had unleashed

took her home,"

ed between Isla and I. "This early in

surfaced. "Were you the gu

emained c

d Aiden for a moment. T

u were with he

in

. "Matthew, you knew she was my

e cold. "She's not yours. Yo

. "Even if we broke up, you shou

" My calm demeanor carried an air of inevitability.

anger bo

e his girl friend. It's Aiden's betrayal that makes me wanna make action to gain my hidden love. It's

. You two have been in this together all along, have

hocked. "Aiden, what

and I'm the one talking nonsense? Isla, you always says yo

stopped Aiden's nonsense, "Aiden," Matthew's voice was icy. "Blaming o

eing someone else. But what about you two? When did you

a's

r. This was too much. The che

ty years to see

dignified for our parents' sake

lt s

ds made my head felt l

en kept in the da

I was waiting to marry him,

s true, betrayal from someone clo

g with anger. "Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you

at? I only cheated for two years. You've been sneaking

ons made ME tremble w

t o

ed, "Aiden, get out of my house.

ap landed

rage, Aiden

and have the nerve to tell me to leave? After all these years

his jaw cut

about decorum, had stormed in and hi

he growled, his fist c

g me dazed and seeing stars. I

rocessed that A

d to protect me had

of the loop, finally gra

o break up, Aiden refused to accept

e as

shed Mat

duster and started

u dare hit my daughter?

s a retired fire captain who had kept in shape

*rd he'd seen grow up. Rowan's fury sent his blood pres

sl

acted, helping

enderly, she said, "M

a's

in, my ear ringing, bu

g my lip hard as silen

nts, a protective boyfriend who treated me well, a

had shattere

rson could become monstro

me. Wiping my tears, she told my dad, "Rowan, hit him hard, beat that b*st*rd to deat

Mila, sobbing

as nothing compared t

ty years. How could he hurt me so deeply? This slap made

hose years

ew's

la cry, my knuckles cracki

g in front of Isla. Her

"Mrs. Eliana, do

d her tears. "Hold on, I'll get

ed to the

, sniffing, her shoulde

, my frown deepening. "Do you

her head ge

was choked

where I was crouching, he coul

nctively lifted his hand, wanting

s get some

ped ice pack, pressing it gentl

withdrew

. "You said you'r

intently

The ice numbed the burning pain o

could speak

usband," he d