TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING novel Chapter 36

CHAPTER 24: MY SWEET HUSBAND–2

“Not for much longer.”

He chuckles softly, like I’ve said something naive.

“The divorce papers haven’t been signed yet. And even when they are, I’ll always care about what happens to you.” He reaches out like he’s going to touch my face.

I flinch so hard I stumble backward. Something flickers across his expression. Hurt, maybe. Or the practiced performance of hurt.

“I’m not going to hurt you. I never did.”

The lie is so enormous it takes up all the air in the room.

“You grabbed me by the throat,” I say, and my voice is shaking now. “You threw things at my head! You shoved me into walls and called it an accident. You made me think I was crazy for being afraid of my own husband.”

“I was stressed. Work was difficult. You know how the pack and my father can be.”

“That’s not an excuse.”

“No,” he agrees, and his voice is so reasonable, so understanding. “It’s not. And I’m sorry. I truly am. But I’m not the monster you’re making me out to be, Ember. And neither is the man you’re running to any kind of saint.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Gale’s expression shifts into something almost sympathetic.

“Has Knox told you what happened to his ex–mate? Has he told you the truth about how Celeste died?”

My blood runs cold.

Knox told me she betrayed him with his best friend. But not the details of her death. Not the how. He said I didn’t want to know, and I believed him because I was too afraid to push.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Yes, you do.” Gale’s voice drops to something intimate, something that sounds like genuine concern. “You’ve wondered, haven’t you? Why he won’t tell you? Why does no one ever mention the Lycan King’s ex mate?” He moves closer. “The man you’re sharing a bed with is a murderer, Ember. Has he told you that? Do you know you’re sleeping with someone capable of killing his own mate?”

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