Chapter 9 Unloved

"You got to be kidding me" though soft, she heard Tim mutter under his breath

They are having lunch after he had bombarded her for she doesn't know how long and eventually succeeded in taking her out of her clinic.

But the relaxed meal they are looking forward to is disturbed by the arrival of the two figures, Luther and Claire.

Their eyes met but no one initiated a greeting aside from the slight nod they shared. The two went straight to the table reserved for them.

Claire looks like wanting to approach them upon seeing them, but Luther guided her away.

"Such absurdity. A husband dating someone else in front of his wife" he chuckles while gently shaking his head.

"What's between us is just a silly agreement, Tim. He doesn't owe me anything" casually, she counters. She is so tired of battling with herself that she almost felt numb.

Luther cannot hurt her more than she is hurting now. She can no longer feel another pain topped to the excruciating pain she has been enduring since the