A Little Bit of Karma by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Author:ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2020-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

seventeen

Why in the world was my husband’s pain bothering me? He’d started this. As I watched him sitting in the chair, his head hung low, a dark circle forming under his eye where Max had hit him, I could tell he was hurting. But I could also tell that the pain inside him was much deeper than anything physical he might be feeling.

“So you actually had sex with someone else?” he finally whispered.

“Again, I told you that I didn’t.”

“Well, you were intimate with him.”

“You saw it for yourself—they set me up.”

“Why would they do that?”

“I don’t know, but it’s obvious it has something to do with this mess here.”

“Maybe so, but they didn’t put a gun to your head and make you sleep with someone. You did that all on your own,” he said, his voice ripe with pain.

I felt a flutter of shame. I couldn’t believe I’d fallen so easily for Ivan. But his attentiveness, smooth voice, sexy accent, and impeccable physique had sent my mind reeling. “I just needed someone to comfort me. I just wanted to be wanted,” I admitted. “You slept with me, then acted like it disgusted you.”

“It wasn’t that. I… I just didn’t want to make things any more complicated than they already were.”

“It just felt good to be wanted.”

The words looked like they hurt Jay almost as much as the blow to his eye. “I’m sorry,” he finally muttered.

I probably should’ve said, I am too, at that point, but I couldn’t bring the words to form in my mouth. While I took responsibility for my own actions, Jay had basically pushed me into the arms of another man.

Our conversation was interrupted as Ivan reentered the room. “Hello, princess,” he said, strolling over to me.

“Ivan, what kind of game is this?”

He pulled a chair up and sat in front of me. “It’s not a game.”

I studied him. He’d seemed so genuine. Never in a million years would I have guessed that it was an act. “Is Ivan even your real name?” I asked.

He nodded. “And in case you’re wondering, what we shared was very real too.”

“Obviously not, since you set me up.”

He shrugged nonchalantly. “It was business, not personal.”

“But why me?” I asked. I knew this conversation was paining Jay, but thankfully he remained quiet.

Ivan glared back over his shoulder at the door, then turned back to me. “They just wanted to find out what you knew, if you knew anything.”

“Well, you know I don’t know anything. I talked to you about what I was going through. If I remember, you even asked me if I knew anything about the other woman and I told you I didn’t.”

He nodded. “I know. I told them I didn’t think you knew anything. But the rest of my team doesn’t agree.”

Jay started rocking back and forth like he was trying to keep himself calm. I ignored him and continued talking to Ivan. “What are they going to do to us?” I asked.

Ivan shrugged. “Your guess is as good as mine, but I imagine it won’t be pretty.

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