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    ~CARTER~


    "I see you broughtpany over," ric says as he looks over his shoulder. He was referring to ra.


    "Are the two of you friends now?" Apollo asks me. "After you broke up, I thought she would hate you for the rest of her life."


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    "I''m married to her sister; she has no choice but to tolerate me now." I remind them.


    However, I was d that ra was talking to me now. I felt like I''d gotten back a close friend in my life. It was also better this way for Scarlett; if she saw that we were getting along, she would be happier.


    "Are you sure this was the best idea?" ric asks me as he shoots the ball into the basket.


    Ares takes the ball and throws it back to him.


    "I couldn''t think of anything else," I confess. "If ra is here with her, she will be distracted most of the night. I''m hoping that she falls asleep early."


    "I hate to burst your bubble, brother, but your wife looks wide awake." Apollo points out. "And she doesn''t look like she would be leaving here anytime soon."


    I looked over at Scarlett, and her eyes were narrowed as she red at me.


    Fuck.


    Even when she was angry with me, she was still fucking sexy.


    ric quirks a brow at me, "it''s not often that we have spectators at home. And on a full moon? It smells like trouble."


    I didn''t expect Scarlett toe out here. I thought if I had pissed her off, she would have gone to her room and stayed there. It was part of the n, but that part had already failed.


    I hoped she wouldn''t still be out here at midnight. I may have to get my parents to force them back to the room.


    "I n on telling her the truth tomorrow," I informed my brothers.


    They all turn to look at me in surprise. I''d already mentioned it to ric; the rest didn''t know until now.


    "Are you serious?" Ares asks me. "How do you think she would take the news?"


    I shrug my shoulder, "I can''t say. I think there is a good chance that she may leave me, but I will fight for her. I''m not going to let her go without a fight."


    Where ra and Scarlett were seated, they couldn''t hear our conversation, but they could see everything.


    Scarlett could tell that I''d just said something that shocked my brothers. She might be curious, but I knew she wouldn''t bother to ask me about it.


    "They''re watching us," Apollo says. "I think we can y and talk at the same time."


    He passes the ball to me, and I throw it to ric.


    "I hope she reacts nothing like Nicole did." He sighs. "She was difficult to deal with. She still is. I don''t know how to make her ept me."


    "We told you not to do it, but you still decided to go against our words." I remind him. "You would have been happier divorcing that woman."


    "Do you think that would have been the end of her?" Apollo asks him. "She wouldn''t have let him go that easily."


    "She confuses me," Ares says. "One minute she was ready for a divorce, practically ckmailing you to divorce her, and now suddenly she wants you back in her life?"


    ric clenches his jaw. "I know it''s strange, but I don''t want to question her. I want to make my marriage work."


    "If you ask me, you''ll be happier with someone else," Apollo says. "I''m sure there is a woman that would treat you the right way out there somewhere."


    "Excuse me?"


    We both follow the annoying voice, and to our surprise, Nicole was standing a few feet away from us.


    When did she arrive?


    Why was she even here? She usually stayed far away whenever the full moon arrived. She imed that she wanted nothing to do with us on that day.


    From the surprise on ric''s face, I could tell she hadn''t even informed him that she would be here tonight.


    He drops the ball and walks over to her.


    "What are you doing here?" He asks her.


    She frowns, "did you think I would stay away from you on such an important night?"


    He stiffens, and I do as well.


    I looked at Scarlett, and I knew she''d heard her.


    Nicole looks around her and gasps, "Why is that girl here?"


    "That girl?" ric asks her.


    "Scarlett''s sister." She snaps. "Why is she here?"


    "I invited her," I growl.


    She looks pissed. Why was she irritated that I''d invited ra here?


    "If you''re here to cause trouble, then you can just go back—"


    "Carter." ric stops me. "I''ll handle this."


    My jaw clenches as he walks back into the house with her.


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    I didn''t like this.


    Nicole shouldn''t be here.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


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