09: Betrayed

WINTER:

My heart thumped wildly against my ribcage.

I should not be listening to my ex-husband now and turned my back. He was already part of my past and that I was no longer to return to it. But what was this little part of me that wanted to listen to him?

Am I that foolish that I was seriously considering listening to him?

“Pumpkin…” He grabbed my hand and as if burned at the touch, I slapped it away.

Calcifer looked at me with pain in his eyes.

You're not going to fall for those crocodile tears, Winter. Don't you ever dare try!

I pulled myself together and laughed at him.

“Are you getting poor?”

His forehead knotted. “Poor? No, pumpkin—”

“Liar!” I spat while my knuckles turned white. “You're only saying this because you're losing your money. You want me back? Really? How come you never looked for me or attempted to look for me during those three years?”

He heaved a sigh. “I did. But you were nowhere to be found. You went abroad.”

Well, that was true. I did and gave birth there