Chased by my Ex Husband novel Chapter 52

Tristin

“ You did the right thing. ” Mom says, stepping ahead to fix my shirt’s collar.

“ Why do you dislike her? ” I wonder. “ we have common enemies. She shouldn’t bother you like she does. ”

Mom’s soft eyes flicker towards my neutral gaze. I sigh, taking a step back and turning towards Luca so he can fix my collar instead.

“ I need to meet with the shareholders before they cause a commotion over my absence. Carlos has been plotting for some time. He will get out of hand if I don’t put him into his place now. ” I grit my jaw as the injuries on my back and chest stretch, sending a wave of pain down my whole body.

“ He is your cousin. Be kind to him. ” Mom sighs.

I press my lips in a thin line. I can always count on Mom to judge every person wrong.

Once, she thought Lily was an angel. I told her she was a devil under that sweet smile but no one listened.

Now she thinks Grace is terrible, and she is wrong again.

To think that she is taking the side of my so-called cousin in front of me without knowing how he was cooperating with that sweet Lily to expose my family secret…

Anger flares to the surface but I push it back.

“ I don’t dislike Grace as a person, my son. You know that. ” Mom squeezes my shoulder.

“ I am not— ”

“ The way you look at her, at a woman who recently got divorced, is Lily’s sister and Ethan’s ex-wife…I can not tolerate it. I will not let you follow Seb’s steps. ” Her voice drops, becoming moist before she sniffles.

I release a heavy breath, ignore the pain in my body, and turn around to face her. Tears are rolling down Mom’s cheeks as she tries to wipe them away and hide them from me.

“ Mom. ” I grab her shoulders and make her look at me. “ I am not dying. I am right here, and I will be for a long time. ”

“ I… ” Mom sobs, pressing her head to my chest. “ They…called to tell me that my son got into an accident, and…I thought I would follow my child this time. I can not lose one more son. I can not. ”

“ Mom. ” I sigh, rubbing her back.

She’s losing her calm after all this time of composure. This means she has been holding it all inside and pretending to be better the last few days.

“ I had to see you like that because of that Lily! She paid that driver to kill you, Tristin. And you love her sister? How could you? The Whitlocks are murderers. Grace proved it when she attacked her ex-husband and tried to kill him. Don’t you get it? They— ”

“ Mom. ” My voice turns harsh as I pull her head away.

She is panicking. I can see it in her eyes, and the way she rants.

“ You need to calm down, Mom. ” I lower my voice and stare into her wide, terror-filled eyes.

“ You are not denying it. ” She mumbles, shrugging my hands away. “ You are not denying what I said! ”

I run my fingers through my hair and glance at Luca from over my shoulder. He nods, before leaving me alone with Mom.

“ You asked me to send her away and I did, didn’t I, Mom? She came to see me and I asked her to leave. ” I assert, staring at her.

“ But you…my son… ” Her hands rise towards me, then lower and clench into fists. “ You didn’t deny it when I said you love her. ”

My shoulders stiffen. I try to form words, but my head goes blank.

When someone else says those words to me and attaches her name in the end, I find myself unable to even comprehend what’s wrong with it. When I see nothing wrong with it, how do I deny it?