He’s not as tall as Ty, not the same build, lacking some muscles but he’s sweet to me, though something is off…
Since we met four months ago, I’ve had a feeling like I knew him, but I can’t place it.
It just, it feels wrong and I know it’s because of Ty, because I’ve spent seventeen years loving him, it has to be that.
“Hi,” I say, and he grins widely, which, as usual, makes my stomach tighten with regret.
Swallowing hard, I look at Cole and say, “Alright, kiddo, pack up your homework, you can finish it off at your dad's.”
His little jaw ticks, but he does as I ask, slamming his books into his bag before snatching his bag off the counter and rounding it.
He gives me a slight, angry hug and a kiss on the cheek before storming out, and I sigh as Talen asks, “Bad day?”
“Something like that,” I whisper as Olive says, “I’ll get him to call you later,” and I nod before she leaves, sending a glare at Talen on her way out making me roll my eyes as Nat announces, “Right, you are officially clocked off! You two can go on your date.”
“Thank you,” I say with a smile as she hands me my bag, and I look at Talen, who is already looking my way, and he grins before bending down and pressing his lips against mine.
The feeling of pushing him away hits me, but I ignore it as I kiss him back.
Wrong, so wrong...
I pull back first, the bile rising becoming too much, and I begin to walk towards the door, Talen quickly after me as he wraps an arm around my waist with a chuckle before his lips touch my neck sending shivers down my spine and not in the good way but I ignore the feeling.
As we leave the store, I feel him before I notice him, just like I always have, our bodies always in tune with one another.
Ty sits on his bike, parked next to his mama’s car, his face etched with anger while his eyes lock onto Talen, who holds me, unaware of the danger surrounding us as he continues to lightly kiss my neck as we walk.
We lock eyes for a moment, pain and anger shining in his eyes, but I look away, not allowing him to see my discomfort with Talen's touch, refusing to give him the satisfaction. Instead, I lean into Talen and walk down the street towards his car.
While I don’t plan on sleeping with Talen again anytime soon, I do plan to continue dating him as a way to move on.
Tyler made his bed when he chose to get a mistress, trying to live out the teenage years he lost, and now he can lie in it while I move on.
Chapter 7
Trigger
“Just breathe, sweetheart,” Mama whispers from beside me as I watch my wife,myfucking wife, walk down the sidewalk with some lanky mother fucker, his arm wrapped around her waist, his lips on her neck,myfucking neck,mywaist,myeverything.
My whole body is vibrating, and I have to fist my hands to stop myself from snatching her back from his embrace and kicking the shit outta him.
Her wedding ring burns against my skin where it’s hanging on a chain around my neck, reminding me she wants out of this marriage, wants away from me, and that only burns my anger deeper.
Seventeen years and she’s refusing to fight for us.
“Granny, can I come stay at yours tonight pleeease…” Cole whines out of the window, and I swear to fuck, I’m about tobreak my molars with how hard I’m gritting my teeth to stop myself from shouting at him.
It isn’t his fault his mama hates me, that she wants to leave me, it also isn’t his fault that some asshole told him I cheated on his mama, that I never wanted him. Who I don’t know, but when I find out, they better fucking run because now, my son wants fuck all to do with me.
My breathing deepens as I watch the slimy fucker hold the passenger door to his red charger open and helpmy wifeinto his car but before he shuts the door, he leans down andfucking kissesher before rounding it to climb in.
Red, all I see is red, something I have only seen since she admitted in therapy last month that she was still seeing the fucker and won’t end their relationship.
I swear, Doc had to hold me back with Tank after I trashed my office at Rebel’s Arts, the first place I went to after storming out of therapy, and they were there looking for me.
I’m slowly fucking falling apart, and knowing he’s with my wife, that she could be giving him her body,myfucking body, tonight… I’m ready to tear the world apart.
“Granny, please,” Cole tries again, and I fucking snap.
