Semua Bab An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge: Bab 21 - Bab 30

LYSSANDRA I keep thinking this man cannot get any worse, and he somehow finds a way to convince me that he can in fact, do that. “Sit down, Cade.” Nathan commands him. “You should be ashamed.” “Well, I am not. She needs to hear the truth.” Cade mutters. When no one supports him, he loses steam. Even Arch is not foolish enough to openly support him in front of Erden.Erden shoves back his chair, stands, and lifts Cade clear off the ground with one hand. He drags him to the door and throws him out with a clear warning. “If I see you again, I'll kill you.”He shuts the door in his face, returns to the table and sits, watching me furtively. He doesn't ask if I'm fine, and I don't need him to. I'm used to Cade bringing up my family every time I make a decision he doesn't agree with. It's his way of manipulating my feelings, of telling me that I'm behaving crazily. I stand shakily. “It is agreed then. Mr. Kryne is the new CEO.” No one argues or tries to speak. I stand and walk awa

LYSSANDRA I wake up to the blinding light from my window. I shift, sit up and stretch. Nope. This isn't my bedroom. This bedroom is entirely black. The room swallows light like a black hole. What the hell? I stagger out of bed, knocking my knee into the bed frame before I correct myself, and remember my last memory. Gunshot. Erden. Doctor Hal. Shit! This is Erden’s bedroom. I try the door’s lock, and when it doesn't open at once, I bang my foot against it. It's a metal door, and each bang hurts. The door opens and a man who must have been standing right outside steps in, takes one look at me and flushes bright red. “Em…miss…” he trails off, raises his eyes to the ceiling and only then do I realize I'm in my underwear. My ears burn as I scramble back into the room and find a robe on the bed. Who undressed me? The obvious choice would be Erden, but I can't believe he would do that. I return to the door. “What is happening? Why am I here? And why on the surface of the earth w

LYSSANDRA The suit is charcoal gray, cut so perfectly that it looks like the fabric obeys him out of fear. A black shirt shows under, open at the throat, with no tie. He looks taller somehow, broader, and his outfit is both casual and corporate that my brain is confused for a second. And the bastard looks just as surprised.His eyes sweep me once, slowly, before snapping back to my face like he’s caught himself staring. For a moment, for one dangerous heartbeat, we just look at each other, and there’s no fight left in me. Only the fact that I'm aware of the electric chemistry between us.I clear my throat and snap myself back to earth. “So…will you finally tell me where we’re going, now that I’m paraded around like a doll in a sheath dress?”His mouth tilts in that infuriating almost-smile.He takes my hand like it belongs there, and guides me to the car, opening the door with a courtly ease that makes my nerves fray.Once we’re on the road, I try again. “Where are we going, Erd

ERDENYou can tell Cade doesn't have an answer because his mouth is still hanging open. The emcee looks shocked, unsure if he should take the mic from her or not. She glowers at him, and he steps away. That's my girl. I think. “Since you don't have an answer for that, let's start simple then. Can you explain how this miracle band works?” Lys asks. She cocks her hips, looking at Cade with all the sass in the world. Farouk chuckles. “This is going to be fun.”Those full lips of hers quirk as Cade looks back at Arch, waiting for him to take the question. “I… I’m not the lead on the tech side,” Cade stammers. “Arch, and I… I mean our team handled that together.”For a second, I almost pity him as all the guests sit up, glaring at him. I watch as he scrambles round in that empty head of his and I almost pity him, almost. “Oh? Arch?” Lys turns to Arch who looks like he wishes to skin Cade alive. “Then Arch, would you mind explaining to us how the band’s algorithm works?” Arch lean

LYSSANDRA “What secrets?” “It's not my place to tell you, Lys. But if I were you, I would be careful with my dealings with Erden.” He turns to his wife. “Let's go, Andrea.” Andrea kisses my cheeks again, then follows her husband, muttering something to him.I watch Nathan go, then walk over to my office, change into a lab coat and return to the lab. I shouldn't trust Nathan, but I do believe him. I know Erden is hiding things from me, but soon, I'll find out what those things are. I walk into the Lab, and I find Cade at my desk. He’s passing things from a metal box onto the lab table. He lay about three of them out, then steps away from the table. “There's all of it. I've returned all your inventions. There's no need to involve Erden in all this.” Cade says.I raise my brow, watching his eyes twitch. I step forward. “When did you change so much, Cade?” “There's no need to go into that, is there? You've obviously chosen sides, and you're not on my side.” “You stole from me!”