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ire stood behind him and grabbed the back of his white <b>shirt</b>. She yanked at it until he was half turning towards her.
“Are you purposely doing that, Tyler? Her eyes zed over his.
Although Tyler was not <b>even </b>one percent affected, both their brothers froze with their jaw ckening. They refused to blink their eyes or close their mouth even though there were weird flies flying around them.
“How could Hunter not fall for <b>your </b>sister, bro? Her Boldness is to die for.” Shawn softly mumbled to Scott who was <b>in </b>a <b>state </b><b>of </b>stupor.
As a brother he should hate how intensely hot they looked together. But there he was, frozen amidst doing push–ups with dumbbells of ten kilograms each on his back, enjoying how his sister had grabbed his best friend’s brother by the cor and pulled <b>him </b>towards her.
Their chests brushed but considering ire’s mounting <b>anger </b>and Tyler’s equally challenging hard grimacing… They both barely noticed it.
“And your <b>brother</b>? I think you told me once that he broke the arm of a man who tried to grab his cor<b>.</b>”
“He broke both his arms actually, not one
Ooh!” Scott’s eyes lit up with excitement as if he was watching two equally expert ser yers standing against each other after an argument. “Let’s see <b>what </b>he does to my sister.”
Shawn nodded, “Do you think he’ll kiss her?”
Tch! That’s too soon.” Scott clicked his tongue
Back to ire and Tyler and their intense eye-battle, then none of them back down. They both glowered at each other until the boys couldn’t take the weight of the dumbbells on their back and squashed down with a loud whimper.
It distracted them and thus broke their eyelock.
“It’s because of you my rival’s wife gets to speak to me like that. Otherwise I wouldn’t have taken her shit.” Tyler said that again, taking ire’s exasperation on <b>a </b>whole new level.
She pushed him back and yelled, “I’m not his wife, do you get that? I’m not rted to him any more. I’m just ire. ire <b>Argent</b>!”
<b>“</b>Stop being dramatic, Mrs. Macintyre<b>. </b>Everyone knows you love your husband a lot.”
Scott and <b>Shawn </b>gulped their saliva <b>as </b>if it was them getting <b>that </b>fiery re. Whereas the man who got it was all too <b>cool</b>
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“And I’m sorry for our brothers‘ stupidity. They thought you dont love your husband-
“How many times do I have to tell <b>you</b>, Tyler Murphy! I’m not <b>a </b><b>Macintyre</b>. I’m <b>just </b>ire. I’m a divorcee.” She pushed him again <b>while </b>the voice that left her throat was clipped <b>and </b>heavy with pain.
Tyler regarded her red face. He looked into her moist <b>eyes </b>and Harshly stated, “You <b>need </b>to divorce your heart first, ire”
ire’s breathing hitched. This <b>was </b>the first time he was taking her name, and God it sounded perfect. Thought Shawn and Scott while ire nced at him with tears making their way down her cheeks.
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“These tears and your heaving chest indicates that he still resides there… In your heart. And as long as he stays there, you can’t call yourself <b>a </b>divorcee. Because you <b>are </b><b>still </b>married to his memories.”
He took a step towards her. When he came close did then ire infer that he wasn’t really mocking her all this while by calling her Mrs. <b>MacIntyre </b>or Hunter’s wife. He was simply attempting to <b>make </b>her realize how deeply Hunter has infiltrated <b>her </b>being
ire went <b>back </b>to her room. She closed the door and jumped into bed to shed tears.
She didn’t need her ex–husband’s enemy to say that. It sounded so pathetic. It made her feel weak and worthless.
ire didn’te out of her room for lunch or evening snacks. She remained in the bed like a panda<b>, </bzing around with a red ring around her swollen eyes and a red nose.
She wasn’t crying anymore but she wasn’t in the mood to go out either.
However, just as the clock struck nine, specifying that it was time for dinner, a soft knock sounded outside her door.
“I told you I’m not hungry. You can go back. Thank you. She didn’t take a name as it could be anyone from Scott to Penelope, Shawn to his grandma.
The knock sounded again, and again ire asked them to leave her alone.Ccontent ? exclusive by N?/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“Open the door now else I will break in, Mrs. Macintyre!”
Quivering <b>chills </b>spread along her arms and shoulders. ire got out of bed and parted the door harshly as she ground her teeth.
“You will not understand easily, will you?”
Tyler was d <b>in </b>a in thin olive green tee. Probably because he was staying the night.
“Why does your husband’sst name work you up, ire?”
“It just does. So what? What do you care?”
“I couldn’t care less, neither should you.” Tyler answered while his eyes regarded her face.
“You really cried gallons of tears, didn’t you? <b>Your </b>face is immensely red.”
“Get out, Tyler.” ire used <b>that </b>pissed off tone with him.
<b>She </b>was about to close the door on his face when he stretched <b>a </b>hand out, blocking her attempt. He moved in while ire took her steps backwards.
Suddenly <b>her </b>skin was alight with goosebumps. She had never been with a man who was not Hunter in a bedroom alone.
<b>“I </b>am here to talk, ire. <b>And </b><b>I </b><b>am </b>happy that <b>we </b>are not regarding each other as anyone rted to Hunter. I’m Shawn’s elder brother who took up the <b>job </b>to talk to his worried best friend’s elder sister <b>on </b>their <b>insistence </b>again.”
“<b>Again</b><b>?</b>”
Yes, again.” He chuckled.
“Weren’t you punishing them not long ago for making you do this? Her eyes squinted.
“I was <b>but </b>I cannot neglect the fact that they truly care about you <b>Look</b>, I don’t <b>know </b>whether you noticed it or not but you are not suffering this pain <b>alone</b>. You have many with you who are suffering <b>too</b>.”
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between them.
“Scott is only eighteen. He should be in bed with a girl enjoying his youth. But no, he’s here with you, hoping to help youe out of your misery.”
“Then my brother Shawn. Although he has nothing to do with you except for the fact that you are <b>his </b>best friend’s sister, he’s here helping Scott so he can help you. Then again, he should be in bed with a girl enjoying his night. Tyler stuffed his <b>hands </b>in <b>his </b>pocket as he took a pause.
He wanted to <b>give </b>her time to grasp everything.
“They are young, ire. These nights will not return for them. They are still on your side trying to help you recover from the loss that shouldn’t bother you much.”
“What do you know about my loss? Have you <b>ever </b>fallen in love with someone? Have you ever felt the pain of losing your child that you were excited to wee into this world? You don’t, <b>so </b>you have <b>no </b>right to give me this speech<b>.” </b>ire <b>said </b><b>harshly</b>.
She looked away, “Please, leave me alone. I didn’te here to discuss my pain with anyone.”
Tyler moved away from the wall. ire’s guts tightened seeing him take slow steps towards her. He came to the window to the opposite end and sagged by the sill.
“<b>Ezma</b>, I met her during a charity event organized by an NGO for orphans when I was Twenty three. She was one of the orphans who moved out of there. She was assisting the caregivers with the event. Though she fell for me first. I fell for her harder. We came from different standards and background. But her love was strong. So was her attempts to woo me. Within a month I became hers. And then within a year I proposed to her. We dated for three years.”
“We were going <b>to </b>get married. I was so excited to be hers forever. So much so that even during business trips outside of RavenMoore, I would think about her.” He pointed at <b>his </b>ring finger.
“I inked her name here. She was <b>that </b>important in my life. I would havebined thend and sky together if that’s what it <b>took </b>to be with her. He said and became silent.
However, curiosity had flourished within her.
She leaned forward desperately and asked, “Then what, Tyler? One thing I know is that you <b>are </b>not married. You are not <b>dating </b>anyone either. What happened to Ezma then?”
Her paranoid mind began to make images of what could possibly happen to her.
“1–is she dead?” She gasped as that was the only possible reason why he wasn’t married or dating anyone.
An amused smile <b>unleashed </b>on Tyler’s lips. He shook his head.
<b>“</b><b>I </b>wish she died but no that’s not what happened to her.”
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“Then what?”
Tyler looked into her eyes. His lips lifted in a lopsided smirk <b>as </b>He said, “She <b>was </b>a cheater. A whore who loved to jump beds.”
“She betrayed you?” ire’s heart was in her throat.
“That’s the correct way to put it Tyler chuckled.
He didn’t look like he ever told <b>this </b>to anyone. <b>He </b>was drenched in sweat<b>, </b><b>showing </b>the tough time he was having now while he <b>was </b>sharing his past with her.
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Without thinking much, ire poured him a <b>ss </b>of water and brought to him. Tyler drank it and thanked her before he
resumed.
“I returned to our apartment and found her with another man in our bed after my meeting overseas got postponed. It hadn’t even been two hours <b>since </b>I left. She wasn’t afraid or regretful. When I questioned her she carelessly shrugged her shoulders. and said that she was doing what I was most likely doing with her…. Enjoying her life with more than one partner.
“She had this wrong idea <b>that </b>in our rich society it’s <b>okay </b>to have <b>extra </b>affairs while being married. That’s why she didn’t hesitate to have her share of fun when she visited clubs or <b>when </b>I left the country for business.”
ire looked pitifully at him. She wanted to console him when Tyler added. “That’s <b>not </b>all, you know. Before I left for the business trip, she told me that she was pregnant. That was the reason why I returned back to her. I just wanted <b>to </b>spend all my time with her and my baby. But that child in her womb wasn’t mine either. She confessed to intending to trick me <b>so </b>l would father the child whose <b>real </b>father she wasn’t sure about,”
ire’s stomach was <b>in </b>knots. She felt awkward when Tyler’s gaze came back on her face.
“So ire, you’re not the only one who is acquainted with the pain of loving someone and losing your baby.” Tyler said with a <b>pained </b>smile and walked out before <b>ire </b>said anything-
That was thest things
heard from him. After that <b>night </b>she never saw him.
Three <b>days </b>to that <b>night </b>and then the <b>preparations </b>for Grandma Avery <b>and </b>Grandpa Nathaniel started. The <b>mansion </b>was being decorated and the scent of different kinds of flowers perfioned the air.
“He never struck me like someone who was once heartbroken. He looks impably fine and focused. What made him turn like that? Because one thing I’m sure of… That it wouldn’t <b>have </b>been easy. I saw it in his eyes. ire spoke to herself while standing on a balcony, looking at workers doing their job.
ire wanted to know <b>how </b>Tyler held himself together<b>. </b>But since <b>then </b>he never came back. She tried to ask Scott and Shawn who only raised their hands in surrender,
Their backs were still sore. After all, Tyler made them <b>finish </b>a round of hundred push–ups with three dumbbells <b>each </b>ten kilograms on their <b>back</b>!
She was standing with a dull face. ire thought it was better to go back to her room and read something. She turned around to leave.
Before <b>she </b>retreated, in her peripheral vision she caught sight of a familiar BMW. She swung back to gaze at it and her heart seemingly fluttered back to life.
The car came to a halt right in the centre, below her on the gravel path, as Tyler showed himself out <b>of </b><b>it</b><b>.</b>
<b>ire’s </b>body awkwardly felt warm <b>upon </b>seeing him. Not to mention he appeared dashing in his all ck <b>three </b>piece suit.
He <b>was </b>here to meet his grandmother, who greeted him with <b>a </b>kiss. Again he picked her up and whirled her around romantically like he was her lover.
While moving inside, his eyes came up to meet ire’s for <b>a </b><b>nano</b>–second before he stepped inside the mansion.
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