Chapter 2

I had married Selina and moved into her family home.

I had beaten out every other suitor by groveling harder than any of them, earning myself a place in the Drabowski family.

Nolan Drabowski, the family patriarch, had promised me that if Selina had a baby within three years and made him a great-grandfather, he would give me the one thing I wanted the most.

So, I spent every day at Selina’s beck and call, finding new ways to please her.

She thought I was beneath her.

I checked every box that mattered to Nolan.

Under his pressure, she broke things off with the man she loved and married me instead.

That man was Roy.

Our eyes met again. I caught the mockery in his expression.

He mouthed, “You lost. Badly.”

I blinked and smiled.

Before I could respond, Selina turned to look at me.

“I already paid you. Why are you still standing there? Go make Roy his dinner.”

I glanced at Tommy, who was still crying, and called Nolan.

“Nolan…”

Selina snatched the phone from my hand and glared at me.

“Do you have to run to Grandpa and tell on me every time?”

“I’m not calling Nolan to tell on you.”

I had been about to tell him that our bet was over. The deadline had passed. He had lost.

Selina did not need to know that.

Even at this time, she held Roy’s baby protectively against her. I stepped around her and walked to the front door with Tommy in my arms. He was so hungry that he kept sucking on his tiny fingers.

“There’s nothing I need to take with me. If my things are in your way, have someone throw them out.”

She hurried after me.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

I looked back and caught the panic in her eyes.

I smiled and said, “You’re getting what you want. I’m divorcing you.”

She said, “I never said I wanted a divorce.”

Her words did not change my mind. I turned away and kept walking.

Roy knocked on my door that night.

“Surprised to see me, Cameron? Rose never loved you, and Selina couldn’t care less about you. You’re going to spend your whole life in my shadow.”

I knew that look of contempt.

Selina looked at me the same way.

They were both so sure of the fact that they could treat me however they pleased.

I caught a brief flash of jealousy in Roy’s eyes but gave nothing away.

I calmly refilled his cup. “So?”

“So?” He broke into a grin.

“Just watch. I’ll make Selina leave you in the same way I won Rose over. You’ll never even get the women I toss aside.”

Selina called just then.

“Honey, where are you? I’ll come to you.”

I told her the truth. “I’m with Roy.”

The moment she heard his name, her tone changed.

“If you hurt Roy, I swear you’ll regret it!”

I had not hurt Roy, but that had never stopped her from hurting me.

Roy said loudly, “Don’t worry! He can’t do anything to me!”

Less than half an hour later, Selina showed up at my place.

She slapped me twice. Her eyes blazed in anger.

“How many times do I have to tell you? Roy is the one person you can’t mess with!”

I gave her a flat smile. “Did you even ask if I invited Roy over, or if he came here on his own?”

She froze, then looked at Roy.

Roy blinked at her innocently. “I did come here on my own.”

For a moment, Selina had no answer. Her expression shifted.

Then, she drew herself up again.

“So? What does it matter if Roy came to see you? You still need to keep your distance and know your place.”

“Where exactly is my place?” I asked.

She scoffed. “Treat Roy the way you’ve always treated me.”

“The way I treated you?” I smiled slightly. “I see.”