*~~Chapter Ten~~*

{~~Avery Sterling~~}

“I don’t trust him.” Okay, there are two types of women in my life. There’s women like Diane who I can tell something, and she’d focus only on that. Offering me the advice I need for my exact problem. And then there are women like Aisha. Or just plainly Aisha since my friend circle is small. If she has an opinion, you’ll know. She was the one who talked me into leaving this pack.

Saying it was for the best. I was already going to do it, but she was the backup I needed to know I was doing the right thing. So when she thinks I’m doing the wrong thing, she’ll let me know.

“You’ve made that very very clear. But you don’t need to like him. You just need to trust me. He gave in. He doesn’t know it yet but he’ll be loving me soon.”

I heard her snort. “How are you smart? He didn’t give in.” I opened my mouth to counter but she continued quickly, not giving me the opening I needed to speak. “He hates you so much. You gave me the window to justify every bad thing he’ll do t