The Ex-Wife's Deal with the Devil

lurred and my whole body

and was beaten by Liam's crazy fans, but then I w

." A voice spoke across from me,

the man leaning back aga

ice again, either because I still recall how ruthless he sounded when he ordered t

utiful in a dark way – dressed in darkness from his pitch-black hair to his suit. Sh

d ever rival Liam's handsomeness, but

ous gaze stayed on his face far too long, an

d from the beatings to not know this place smelled luxurio

curved into a harsh smile, dra

at followed wa

eyes drop to my exposed legs, feeling the weight of his fiery gaze settle over me

had escaped Liam's crazy fangirls, I might

spoke, "Why did you bring me here?" That questio

st place when almost every single person in

warning, he

smooth manner as if he was ordering c

who has no remorse fo

de anger gathe

me the world, but once I signed our wedding certificate, he hid me l

it off with a nervous laugh, "Are you not aware that conversatio

, Arlo, was

ial devilish smil

aze was still locked onto mi

, prompting me to abruptly stand up, eyes flickering from side to

mal person won't just thro

I am Arlo Frantz," he said, as if expecting I

he United States," I hissed, sarc

g to get tired

and god knows what else is waiting for me next, but I do

ot know you, and y

u dropped that last name, but it still haunts you

. His steady gaze held mine, like a

tied down to anoth

voice, I know that he was not offeri

t I might

o the fury of being treated like an object, that I was only something to be passed around. "

ost destroying that devilish aura he

make your ex-husband crawl, b

that made me th

nd discarded me once he got his goal, groveling on my feet

trying to jump towards the temptation that

the hardships I went through, but I quickly dimmed i

efus

must have been so sure that I would accept his

understand... but I know you'll come back," he flashed a knowing

p as if preparing for a fight, but seeing me react like this made him

n is da

ody, and no one would know I had disappeared – in fact

hey would feast on my death jus

ned forward, dangerously close to my neck si

f my flesh, I instinctively covered

a step back, respecting my wishes, but his smile had drop

r outside." He spo

rom the shadowy corner, as if he had been st

glance at the man who offered me a ticket to destroy Liam's c

a series of corridors until we finally reached the ele

inside as fast as I could, terrified that one

for the first time, a l

me escorted all the way, so I didn

e no

owhere t

go to. Then I remember I was ambushed and might n

from the rear mirror

sk with fur

our injuries-" He abruptly stopped an

h he wasn't supp

rapped carefully with bandages, then I reached for my face to

outrageous coming from a man

the radio?" I heard Pierce'

e clutching my hair

p my mind away from Ar

erate for some music – but instead, Liam's vo

, he's ev

wooned, ecstatic. "Tell us, what's your secret? H

e of me. I bu

it." I hear his humorless laugh a

got help behind the scenes. I don't know, from a

the truth. "Every bit of success I have today is bec

into my palms. They al

yourself?

ing in from the rage

ne on him, the darker the

building his career, all of them, m

it felt like lava as it

office, slamming the doors open without care to see

oice was har

what?" He wanted me to say it my

l marr

de smirk, devilis

had just won a gam

en if it meant making a de