Chapter 7 – Stay Away From My Wife!
LYNN
I felt the atmosphere shift as soon as the words “That’s a lie!” pierced the air. The entire ballroom seemed to freeze, and I instinctively turned around, expecting to see Javier storming toward us, his face flushed with anger. But as my gaze met the source of the interruption, I was shocked to find it was not Javier standing behind me but… my parents.
Harold and Sheila Lowell. My mother’s face was a mask of fury, while my father’s expression was one of barely contained frustration. They stood there, rigid and unforgiving, their eyes boring into me ast though I had just committed the gravest of offenses.
My heart sank. I wasn’t prepared for this. Not here, not now.
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Before I could process what was happening, my mother marched forward, her heels clicking with authority. “Lynn, what are you doing?” she demanded, her voice sharp and incredulous. “Why aren‘ t you with Javier?”
I tried to pull myself together, but the words stuck in my throat. I hadn‘ t expected them to show up at the ball–let alone like this. My eyes darted around, hoping for some sort of escape, but there was nowhere to go.
My father was at her side, his hand gripping my wrist with a force that sent a jolt through my body. “Explain yourself, Lynn,” he growled, his eyes narrowing as he scanned me up and down. “What‘ s going on here?”
I was helpless under their gaze, the weight of their anger suffocating. I glanced toward Ethan, who stood beside me, his arm still linked with mine, his expression unreadable. But there was no mistaking the
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tension in his jaw. He wasn’t about to let my parents walk all over me.
“Let her go,” Ethan said quietly, his voice low but commanding.
My parents hesitated for a moment, their eyes narrowing as they processed his words. But my mother, ever the force of nature, was not deterred. “Who the hell are you?” she snapped. “This is between us and our daughter.”
I couldn’t breathe. The tension between
all of us felt unbearable.
“I’m her husband,” Ethan replied simply, the words hanging in the air like a challenge.
“Husband?” My father scoffed, his eyes narrowing as he shot a look at me.
“You‘ re married to this man? What about Javier?”
That was when I saw him. Through the crowd of guests, Javier stood there, hist posture relaxed, a smug grin tugging at his
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lips. He was watching the scene unfold amused.
The sight of him only fueled the fire in my chest, and I couldn’t suppress the surge of anger that came rushing forward. I knew he had told my parents about me and Ethan.
I wrenched my arm out of my father‘ s grip, stepping away from them both. I felt the eyes of everyone in the room on me, but it didn’t matter. I walked toward
Javier, my heels clicking sharply against the polished marble floor.
He saw me coming, and that infuriating grin of his only widened. He didn’t move. He didn’t even look uncomfortable–he just stood there, like he was waiting for me to come to him.
I stopped in front of him, staring at him with eyes burning with fury. I wasn’t going to let him see the tears I had cried or the pain I had been carrying around. This wasn‘ t the time.
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“Stay the hell out of my life, Javier,” I said through gritted teeth, my voice icy but clear. “Leave my parents out of this. I don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore.”
Javier’s smirk faltered for just a second, but it quickly returned. “Lynn, come on,” he said, his voice laced with false sweetness. “We both know you don’t mean that. This is just your pride talking. You’ve always had a thing for drama, haven’t you?”
The words hit me like a slap in the face. He had no idea what I was going through, no
idea what it felt like to be discarded in
favor of another woman. But I wasn‘ t
going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me fall apart.
“I mean it, Javier,” I said coldly, taking a step back. “You‘ re not a part of my life anymore. And you‘ re certainly not welcome in my family’s life. So don’t bother them. Don’t you dare come near
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my parents again.”
Behind me, I could hear the murmur of my parents, their confusion and disbelief rising as they tried to piece together what was happening. My father‘ s voice rang out, demanding answers. “What’s going on here, Lynn? What are you doing with this man?”
Ethan stepped forward, he looked my parents square in the eye, his jaw tight with suppressed anger.
“Javier left Lynn,” Ethan said, his voice. firm, “to marry Nora. He never intended to be with her, and now, he’s trying to manipulate her once again. He doesn’t deserve her, and I won‘ t let him hurt her anymore.”
My father turned slowly to Javier, his eyes wide with disbelief. “You left Lynn to marry that girl?” he asked, his voice laced with shock. “You didn’t even have the decency to tell us the truth?”
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Javier opened his mouth to speak, but before he could get a word out, Ethan raised a hand, cutting him off. “Don’t speak,” Ethan warned, his voice low and controlled. “You‘ ve already meddled enough with my wife’s life. You‘ ve done enough damage.”
Javier‘ s jaw clenched, but he didn’t dare argue. The truth had been laid bare, and there was no escaping it. My parents stood. there in stunned silence, staring at him as if he had betrayed them in the worst. possible way.
“You should have told them the truth from
the start,” I said, my voice steady now.
“But you couldn‘ t, could you? Because
you never cared about me, and now look where it’s gotten you.”
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