Semua Bab She Stole My Husband I Married His Brother : Bab 21 - Bab 30

Harper's POV:I didn't know where I was running to... I just knew I had to escape, had to get as far away from Hardin as possible before he could say the words that would make this real."I kissed her, okay?" My own voice played out what he would have said in my head. "I'm sorry Harper, I didn't mean..."I blocked the voice before it could finish because they all said the same thing, all these men who hurt me, “they always tried to apologize after like sorry could fix what they'd broken.” I was talking to myself now, my voice coming out loud and broken in the empty street, and I bit down on my bottom lip hard enough to taste copper.I wouldn't cry.I'd cried enough over men who didn't deserve my tears, who saw my softness and used it against me.But a tear slipped out anyway and rolled hot down my cheek while I kept running, my heels clicking uneven against the pavement.The image kept replaying in my head like a video stuck on loop... Hailey's hands wrapped around Hardin's neck, thei

Hardin’s POV:The phone kept ringing in my hand and I couldn't make myself move, couldn't make myself answer it even though Harper was staring at me waiting.Hailey calling Harper's phone.How did she even get this number?"Pick it up." Harper's voice came out flat and dead. "I want to hear what she has to say to me."My thumb hovered over the answer button and everything in me was screaming not to do this, not to let Hailey's voice anywhere near Harper when we were already standing on the edge of something that could break us completely.But Harper was looking at me with those eyes that were still wet and red from crying and I couldn't say no to her... I never could.I answered and put it on speaker."What did you do to him?" Hailey's voice came through and she sounded…I don't even know. "Harper... I know you're there, I know you can hear me..."Harper didn't say anything, just stood there with her arms wrapped around herself like she was trying to hold herself together."Please..."

Harper's POV:Something warm pressed against my side and my eyes cracked open slow.Hardin.He was still here... still asleep next to me with his arm thrown across my waist like he was afraid I'd disappear if he let go.My chest did this stupid flutter thing and I hated it... hated that just looking at his face made me want to forgive him when I should still be furious."Get it together, Harper." I whispered it so quiet even I could barely hear.His face looked different when he slept... softer, younger, like all that intensity he carried around got smoothed out in his dreams. I wanted to trace the line of his jaw with my fingers, wanted to wake him up and ask him to touch me again like he had last night.God, what he'd done to me with his hands...I squeezed my thighs together because just thinking about it made heat pool between my legs and I couldn't go there right now... not when I was supposed to be figuring out if I could trust him.But my body didn't care about trust. My body j

Harper's POV:"Hailey…" Roman's voice cut through the tension the second she pulled out the chair.He was already standing... already reaching for her arm like he could physically remove her from this situation before it exploded.I watched his fingers wrap around her wrist and something in my chest twisted because it seemed like Roman knew what was happening between the three of us.Hardin. Hailey. Me.The triangle nobody asked for."Oh no... she also came to eat, why not allow her?"The words left my mouth before my brain could catch up and I wanted to slap myself because what the hell was I doing? Why was I giving her permission to sit here and stare daggers at me?"What?" Roman's eyebrows shot up like I'd just suggested we all jump off the building together.His hand was still on Hailey's wrist but she wasn't moving... wasn't standing up or sitting down, just frozen there between staying and leaving while everyone at nearby tables pretended not to watch.I could feel Hardin on my

Harper's POV:"I'm serious, Harper... please."Connor kept repeating it and his voice had this desperate edge that made my skin crawl because I'd never heard him sound like this before... never heard him beg for anything in all the years I'd known him.I didn't move from where I was standing. Didn't acknowledge him.I Just stared at Jessica like Connor wasn't even there trying to get my attention."She said she's not talking to you, Mr. Man." Jessica stepped between us and her voice came out firm and protective. "If you don't leave her now, we'll really need to call the police."Connor's expression changed fast... went from desperate to angry in the space of a heartbeat."It's none of your business... this is between my wife and I, woman!" His voice got louder and sharper.My wife. The words made something hot and bitter rise in my throat."Are you mad or something?" The response flew out of my mouth before I could stop it. "First off, in case you forgot... or you're delusional... I'm