My Boss My Secret Husband (Hazel and Logan) novel Chapter 9

Wait, what did she say? “He…what? He was cheating on me with her?”

Mom and dad exchanged wide-eyed glances. “I’ve already said too much,” she said, then stood and went into the kitchen, pretending to search for something. I followed her.

“How long did you know about this?” I asked. No answer. I turned back to dad. “Dad? How long?”

Dad let out a sigh and finally set the paper on the table. “No sense hiding it now I suppose. It’s been going on for about a year now. We caught them outside together late one night and they confessed everything.”

A year?? How was I so blind to this for a whole year? “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Oh stop, it was for your own good,” mom slammed a cabinet shut. “You’re welcome for that, by the way.”

“Oh yes, I’m sorry. Thank you. You’ll be receiving your mother of the year award in the mail any day now,” I angrily snapped.

“That mouth of yours does not help you in the relationship department either,” she said.

I stormed back into the living room to grab the purse I had dropped. The happy couple was still cuddling on the couch.

“Hey Nat, mom told me you were upset that I hadn’t congratulated you or anything on your engagement. Well here, I got you something to make up for it.”

They perked up and looked at me, confused. I stuck my hand in my purse and pulled it out, with just my middle finger sticking up.

“Cute Hazel,” Natalie rolled her eyes. “Real mature.”

I turned on my heels and bounded up the stairs to my bedroom, slamming the door shut behind me. A gift for my parents, I knew how much they hated that.

Now that no one could see me, I let the tears that I had been holding back fall down my face. I laid face down on my bed and buried my face into my pillow, crying as hard and quietly as I could. I knew I wasn’t my parents’ favorite child, but how could they let Natalie do that to me? How could they let Chance? If they had even a shred of empathy among them they kept it well hidden from me.