Billionaire, I Am Not Your Wife! novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4

LOGAN

My phone buzzed against my skin in my pocket as I was watching my son squeal with delight while he was being taken for a joyride on the spinning tea cup.

I pulled it out as I took a glance at the phone in my hand, squinting to read screen.

“Let’s get divorced.”

I stared at the message from Sedona, then shook my head and slipped the phone’ back into my pocket. She was being dramatic again. There was no way she would mean this, not knowing how much she loved me. She was trying to get me to come home on time thinking I would be affected if she did something

drastic like this.

This wasn’t the first time, she had pulled something this extreme. Ever since Katherine came back from abroad, she had been calling and texting in the middle of doing important things with her acting possessive and jealous which was exhausting.

“Is everything okay? You look tensed about something” I was pulled away from my thoughts by Katherine’s voice who had come to stand by me, linking her hand with me, her face flushed with joy despite ger injuries.

She glowed in the California light looking every bit the star beauty she was in my eyes and much more than that, less petty and vindictive.

“It’s fine,” I said, watching Nick wave at us from the ride as I shrugged my shoulders and continued speaking. “Just Sedona being Sedona….I guess.”

Katherine’s expression shifted to something I couldn’t quite read, like she was thinking about something as she spoke softly.

“She’s called a lot today, hasn’t she? Maybe we should go back and check on her, she might be lonely to have texted this much in the space of hours. I’d hate to think she’s upset because of me.”

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“She’s fine,” I said, perhaps more sharply than I intended. As I tried dial back the anger in my tone as continued.

“We’re here to keep you company while you recover from your injury. You shouldn’t have to cut your rest short because Sedona can’t understand that other people have needs too and the world doesn’t revolve

around her.”

“Logan…” Katherine touched my arm lightly. “Maybe she’s just feeling left out? Nick has been spending a lot of time with me lately. It’s natural for a mother to feel like she is being pushed back to second place in her son’s heart.”

“It’s natural for a child to admire someone

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is not a bad thing at all, to have a role model that he can look up to” I interrupted. “Nick looks up to you, Katherine. He sees what excellence looks like. Sedona shouldn’t be jealous of that. She should be

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encouraging it. She should want the best for her son at all costs.”

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The ride slowed to a stop, and Nick came running over, his face red from excitement and joy. But instead of talking about the ride that he just got drown from, he talked about his mum.

“Dad, Mom called again,” he said, rolling his eyes in a way that reminded me of his grand mother.

“But what she did wasn’t cool at all. She was pretending to be sick, trying to trick me into coming home.”

I listened to this frowning as I asked him. “What do you mean, pretending?”

“She was coughing and stuff, but Aunt Katherine says people do that when they want attention and trying to get people to want them instead by any means possible.” Nick looked up at Katherine with adornment in his eyes seeking validation. “Right?”

Katherine’s cheeks turned a bit pink as she spoke. “I… I’m sure your mother wasn’t…”

But I wasn’t listening anymore. I was staring at my phone, at the divorce text, feeling angry in a way that I hadn’t expected. Sedona had always been so understanding, before..she had never once complained about it when I worked late or neither had she questioned my decisions or made demands..she had been then picture poster version of a perfect wife. Quiet, and always supportive.

When had she become this person? This jealous, manipulative woman who would fake illness to guilt our son into coming home?

But deep down I knew, it has started from the moment Katherine walked back into my life and then Sedona changed and started having a lot of opinions about where I went, who I was with and how much time Nick spent with Katherine.

I couldn’t help myself but think about our wedding years ago. She had been from a terrible background, having no family friends or joy. I had given her everything a woman could ever need in her life and this was how she chose to repay me.

By throwing tantrums when I tried to help an old friend?

“Dad?” Nick tugged on my sleeve, pulling me from.my thoughts as he pointed with his free hand at another fun machine he wanted us to try. “Can we go on Space Mountain next?”

I looked down at my son, then at Katherine, who was watching me with those warm, understanding eyes. She had never been jealous, even now, she was also thinking of Sedona’s feelings.

That was the difference between them. Katherine was selfless, and mature and willing to put others first. Sedona was… well, she was acting like a child.

I typed out a response, my fingers moving quickly across the screen.

“Stop this, Sedona. Why can’t you be more tolerant? Katherine is injured and needs time to recover. Stop being so selfish.”

I hit send and turned off my phone completely. I wasn’t going to let Sedona’s dramatics ruin this trip for Nick and me. He deserved to have fun, to spend time with someone who wanted the best for him. One day wouldn’t kill Sedona after all.

“Come on,” I said, taking Nick’s hand. “Space Mountain sounds perfect.”

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