Chapter 86
ALEXANDER
I was tempted–no, beyond tempted–to commit my first murder. And the reason would be Raina
More specifically, it would be that smug toad she called a boyfriend. Nathan. He was the root of everything going wrong. Every time Raina defied me, every time she shut me out or fought harder to distance herself, I could see Nathan’s influence.
It had to be him. He was the one making things harder for me. Whispering in her ear, fooding her lies, poisoning her against me
If I could get rid of him, I would. I wanted to.
But Nathan wasn’t a man who could be dealt with easily. The more uncovered about him, the clearer it became that he was someone to be cautious around. He wasn’t just anyone he was part of the same high class as I was, with connections that rivaled mine. He wasn’t someone 1 could simply take out of the equation without repercussions.
That realization only made my blood boil more
By the time I got home, my anger was a physical weight pressing down on me. I slammed the door behind me, yanked off my jacket, and hurled it onto the couch. The motion didn’t ease the tension thrumming through my body; it only made it worse.
How dare he kiss her?
She was my wife.
Raina was still mine.
And yet, Nathan had lassed her with more tenderness, more passion than I’d ever allowed myself to show her. That thought alone was a dagger to the gut. No one–no one–was supposed to want her more than I did
But the worst part
She kissed him back.
Why?
The question churned inside me like acid, eating away at what little paclence I had left.
I wanted to rip Nathan apart, to pummel him into nothingness. The only reason I hadn’t done it right then and there was because my p yet. And it needed to be. A single misstep could ruin everything
I dropped onto the couch, my head in my hands, trying to steady my breathing,
She kissed him back.
The thought repeated itself, louder, angrier each time, until it was all I could hear.
plan wasn’t solld
Frustration coursed through me as I stormed upstairs. I stripped off my clothes and threw on something more comfortable, though it did little to ease the tension crawling under my skin. I needed food, I needed sleep, but the thought of Raina kept me awake.
She was haunting me
I could see her in every comer of the house–in the dining room, sipping coffee, or sitting on the couch with her legs tucked under her, a book in hand. My mind was playing cruel tricks on me, filling the silence with her laughter, her voice. It had been years, and still, she was all I could think about.
I climbed into bed and forced my eyes shut. But all I could soe was Nathan’s hand on her waist, his lips on hers.
When I woke up, I felt no better. My body was heavy with exhaustion, but my mind was sharper than ever. Memories of that is still taunted mo stirring a bitter jealousy I couldn’t shake.
By all rights, this should’ve been the moment I walked away. She was openly cheating on me now–kissing another man while still legally my wife. I could’ve turned this into grounds for divorce, used it to my advantage in court.
But I didn’t want revenge. I wanted her.
Dragging myself out of bed, I got ready for the day. My head throbbed with every thought of Raina and Nathan, but I pushed it aside. Upstairs, I found my mother and Vanessa deep in conversation. It wasn’t hard to guess what or who–they were talking about.
“The Grahams could change everything for us,” my mother was saying “The wealth, the influence. It’s an opportunity we can’t afford to lose,”
I opened my mouth to interrupt, but a knock at the door cut me off.
Vanessa moved to answer it, and seconds later, she called out, “Alex, someone’s here to see you.”
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I wasn’t in the mood for visitors. But when I walked to the door and saw who it was, my blood ran cold.
Nathan.
He stood there, infuriatingly calm, holding an envelope in his hand.
“You’ve got some nerve showing up here,” I snarled, stepping closer.
Nathan didn’t flinch. He simply extended the envelope toward me. “You might want to read this,” he said evenly.
1 snatched it from his hand, my glare narrowing, Nathan tumed on his heel and started walking away, his confidence only fueling my anger
I tore open the envelope, and my heart sank as my eyes scanned the contents.
A restraining order.
She actually went through with it
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