Page 16 of Neon Vows


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I couldn’t read the look on his face.

And that was no wonder.

I barely knew the guy.

Okay, fine. I knew him very intimately. But that was it.

Still, I felt safe saying that he didn’t exactly look as horrified by this situation as I felt.

“How about I order some coffee? Breakfast?” he offered.

I needed both.

Just not with him.

“No,” I said, making his brows raise.

“You need something in your stomach.”

“I need a divorce,” I said, chin lifting.

“A divorce,” he repeated.

A muscle ticked in his jaw.

I chose to ignore that.

“Or an… annulment. Whatever it is. I need to find a lawyer and get us a divorce.”

He looked at me so long that I shifted my feet, a weird sensation starting to simmer in my belly.

Something wasn’t right here.

I knew it the second before he opened his mouth to speak.

“No.”

“No?” I repeated, brows pinching.

“No,” he confirmed.

“No, what?” I asked, mind still too tequila-soaked and sluggish.

“No, I don’t want a divorce.”

“You…what?”

“I don’t want a divorce.”

I couldn’t tell you how long I stared at him, but it felt like a good, long while.

Because… what?

What did he mean he didn’t want a divorce?

That didn’t even make sense.

Unless…