บททั้งหมดของ Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother : บทที่ 191 - บทที่ 200

SASHA’S POVThe cold in the room lingered stronger than ever. It wasn’t from the low hum that came from the air conditioner. It was him, Noah Beck, the man who was close to me yet so far from reach.Noah lay beside me, his back to me, as his slow and even breath filled the room. My fingers trembled as I reached out to him, fear crawling up my spine at the reaction I would get. Lately, it feels like I am a stranger who only graces his bed when he needs warmth.We just had sex. Well, it wasn’t our usual soulful touching, lingering gaze and hushed murmurs as we derived pleasure from each other. It was just sex, an obligation that we had to fulfil. The rhythm was still in the usual toe-curling movement, but beneath it, it felt like it was some transaction, no fire.Just a detached.My hand touched his taut shoulders, “Noah,” my voice was barely above a whisper.Silence, just like I had expected.I sighed, drawing closer to him, wrapping my hand around his torso as I sort his warmth. He ha

SASHA’S POVElisabeth’s words echoed through my mind, even as the hairstylist, poked and probed my head, I didn’t mind. The activity made sure that my head wasn’t moaning about things that I shouldn’t.Elisabeth returned to the room, looking dashing with a proud smile on her face, I could tell that she was happy about the fact that she had gotten through to me. “You look stunning Sasha,” she complimented.“Thanks,” I blushed under her stare, when she said it with so much emotion, it made it feel like she meant it, like she was seeing something that I couldn’t see.Worry flashed through her face as she glanced at her phone. My heart dipped into my stomach, the slow hum buzzing in my ears, every time someone checks their phones, I have this fear that there was something about me that had been aired again.“Honey, I have to rush home, Arthur needs me,” she said, looking at me with a sorry look on her face.I pulled my head away from the lady who was trying to style, my heart thundering i

SASHA’S POVMy life has turned into a tragic melancholy; a story of a queen with a crown of thorns bound to a king whose touch burned.I held my breath, my fingers trembling as I held onto the railing with a tight grip, praying that I wouldn’t quiver under the watchful eyes and fall. Noah Beck stood at the bottom of the stairs, his eyes boring into my soul. I could see the conflict that swirled in his orbs, but no matter how hard I tried, there was no way for me to decipher what I was seeing.Nina stood behind me, her silent strength edging me on as I walked nearer to Noah. She knew about the strain between us; it had taken almost an hour to get her to calm down the minute she heard everything that I had to say.“We should take a picture,” Noah said, his voice buoyant as he smiled at me. “You look dashing my darling,” he told me, his hand reaching out to grab mine as he placed a kiss on the back of my hand before pulling me into his side.My body hummed from the touch, reminding me of

SASHA’S POV“She showed up?”The murmurs had increased, and my presence had caused an uproar. To some, it was bold of me to show up to my ex-husband’s engagement party with my present husband, while pictures of me kissing the said ex had leaked just a few days back.It was hard moving around in a room filled with people who hadn’t stopped staring. Some had admiration in their eyes and others, judgment.But their stares couldn’t stop the turmoil in my mind, Noah’s ex was in town, the one he had loved with all his heart until she broke him. The news had tugged something in my heart. My eyes scanned the crowd, trying to keep the faux bravado that nothing they did bothered me, but deep down, I was eager to leave.The jewellery on my neck felt like a boulder weighing me down. A silent punishment from Noah, reminding me that he could break me, just as he had made me. I hated the power that he had over me, the power that I made him have over me.I looked through the crowd, and Noah was crowd

SASHA’S POVElisabeth’s eccentric laughter was the first sound I heard the minute I made my way back to the crowd. I released the breath that had clogged my throat like a lump, happy to see a face that I knew was happy to see me.The smile only faltered for a second the minute my eyes landed on Troy. We haven’t had much interaction, not since I knew what he thought of me. And with the new way Noah was acting, I wouldn’t be surprised if Troy tried to say something condescending.Would Arthur and Elisabeth caution him if he goes out of line? Family comes first, they wouldn’t do that for me.Troy was the first person to sight me, a soft smile forming on his face as he watched me approach them. It looked genuine, nothing like the plastic smile I have been receiving from Noah for a while now. For a brief minute, the act disarmed me.He looked kind. But when I remember the man who had said not-so-great things about me. That cancelled everything nice thought that I had.“Sasha, oh my days yo