Hating Her Ex Forever by Brynn Paulin

Author:Brynn Paulin [Paulin, Brynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Series
Publisher: Supernova Indie Publishing Services LLC
Published: 2023-05-30T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

Bristol

I was still in a muddle when Axel put me on my feet to call his uncle. Thinking he might need space, I tried to step back, but he didn’t let me. He pulled me right back against him while I heard the line ringing as he tried to connect with Darius.

“Stay here,” he murmured—an order despite the soft tone. His lips brushed over the top of my head, softening the demand. I sighed, leaning my ear against his chest and listening to his heavy heartbeat. The sound had lulled me to sleep so many times. I’d missed it almost as much as I’d missed the whole man.

I couldn’t sleep after he’d left me, because for so long, I’d slept with my head on his chest. It had been so bad at one point after he’d gone, that I’d tried one of those heartbeat stuffed animals wrapped in one of Axel’s shirts.

But when I’d cuddled with it, I cried rather than slept. It could have been hormones. I hadn’t known I was pregnant. For a long while after he’d left, I’d been a wreck. I’d been stuck in a gloomy never-ending tunnel with no light in the distance. It was one of the reasons I’d railed against letting him back into my life this week.

As long as that had lasted.

I couldn’t resist the pull between us. I couldn’t help it; I loved him. Every tiny bit of me, even the part that said I should hate him, loved him. I loved him. And I believed him when he said he loved me, too.

Axel swore when Darius didn’t answer his call. Of course, he didn’t. Were either of us surprised? I had zero love lost for the man.

“It’s Marta,” Axel said when the voicemail answered. “She’s the one who’s been setting me up. I want her fired. I need security to lock her out of anything to do with me. I have proof she’s behind smearing me. She’s the one who’s been setting me up. Call me. I need this done. I won’t work with her anymore.”

Disconnecting, he shoved the phone into his pocket and dropped his head back to stare at the ceiling. My heart broke for him. The more I saw of his crappy situation, the more I knew he hadn’t been living in a world of sunshine and roses while we’d been apart.

Even now, he was in another difficult spot, and I suspected his hands were tied. He didn’t actually have proof she’d orchestrated the bad press and fake media. Even the photos weren’t much more than circumstantial, even though we both knew it had to be Marta.

“What are you going to do?” I asked. I hated that reality was intruding on the intimacy we shared here in this little closet, my arms around his waist, head on his chest, and his arms draped around my shoulders.

He pressed a kiss into my hair. It was so familiar and yet a gesture I’d missed so much. I closed my eyes, breathing him in and holding on to the quiet moment.

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