His Ex-wife Is An Heiress (Amara and Tobias) novel Chapter 74

With those final words, she turned on her heel and stalked away.

“Mara, wait!” Bethany was quick to follow, leaving Tobias was stare at the back of his ex wife.

Even though it hadn’t been him who took all those slaps, he felt awful, guilty and most importantly, like he had gained a new revelation.

“Tobias,” Fiona’s voice has his eyes moving from the empty spot to her direction. She stood with her hand still on her cheek, years freely flowing from her eyes.

“Aren’t you going to do something? Are you just going to let her walk away after hitting me? This isn’t fair, she can’t just walk away like that! Fucking do something!”

“Fair? Are you fucking serious?”

The coldness in his tone and the darkness in his eyes was enough to have Fiona frozen.

He walked forward and seized her arm, pulling her closer to his face. “I never knew you would turn out to be this spoilt, Fiona. I gave you the best things in life, the things dad couldn’t provide because I thought it would leave no room for you to go astray, but instead, you used the privileges you were given and abused them. And the sad part is, you did all this behind my back. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel proud? Happy? Do you feel like you’ve accomplished something in life? I want to hear your answer, Fiona.”

Fiona remained silent, her eyes darting anywhere except his face.

“Look at me.” Tobias demanded. “I said look at me!” He grabbed her chin and forced her head to turn, his fingers digging painfully into her cheeks.

“Answer me. Was this how I struggled to raise you? Is this what you do with the privilege I toil day and night to provide you with?”

Her silence was all the answer Tobias needed. For a second, pity flashed in his eyes, but it was gone before Fiona could see.

He pushed her away. ”You’ve disappointed me, Fiona.”

His words were like needle piercing her skin. Apart from her mother and their late father, Tobias had been the only figure Fiona had struggled so much to impress.

He was her big brother, the person who had protected her from bullies back in school, the person who had comforted her when things went wrong, the person who had loved her despite her shortcomings. He was her idol.