Chapter 3
I barely finished talking when Killian angrily shoved me hard. My back smacked right into the corner of the table, and holy shit, it hurt so bad I started sweating.
“Avery, are you freaking kidding me right now?” he snapped. “It’s just dinner. Why are you being such a pain in the ass about it?”
I bit my lip from the pain, not saying anything. But Killian took my silence as me challenging him.
Chloe jumped in with her fake–sweet voice.
“Killian, I swear Avery just hates having me around. Every time you ask her to do anything, she acts like it’s torture.” She huffed, pushing out her lower lip. “If you two ever re–marry, I’m probably gonna get kicked to the curb.”
That set him off. Killian’s eyes went crazy mad. He grabbed my arm and literally dragged me to the kitchen, pushing me toward the stove so hard I nearly face–planted into it.
His face was ice cold.
“If you don’t make what Chloe wants for dinner, you can spend the whole damn night in here!”
SLAM.
The kitchen door shut behind him.
My wrist was turning purple where he’d grabbed me, and my elbow was bleeding from hitting the
stove corner.
Next second, I could hear Chloe giggling her ass off through the door.
A minute later, Killian stormed back in. Seeing me just standing there, not cooking, he got pissed.
“Avery, why do you always have to fight me on every little thing?” he growled. “You’re Chloe’s sister–in–law. What’s the big deal about making dinner?”
I stood up straight and looked him dead in the eyes with a bitter smile.
“Did you forget something? We’re divorced. I’m not anybody’s sister–in–law anymore.”
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Chapter 3
Killian looked embarrassed for a second. He cleared his throat, then completely flipped the script, wrapping his arms around me and going all sweet.
“I lost my cool just now. But babe, the divorce is just temporary. As soon as Chloe calms down, we can get married again. Don’t get all worked up over nothing.”
He handed me a piece of paper with a list of dishes. His face turned serious again, practically screaming “mess this up and you’ll regret it.”
“I’m giving you a chance here. Make Chloe happy, and we can get hitched again faster. Just do it, Avery.”
After he left, shutting the door behind him, I felt completely hollow.
Since when did our marriage become so throwaway to him? Just “nothing“?
And now I’m supposed to kiss Chloe’s ass?
Yeah, no way.
I’d rather sleep on this kitchen floor than suck up to her.
Then I slid down against the cabinets and closed my eyes, totally done with everything.
In a daze, I was soaking wet from ice–cold water.
My eyes shot open to see Chloe standing there with this evil grin, dumping a bucket of ice water all
over me.
‘What the actual fuck, Chloe?!” I yelled.
she threw the empty bucket straight at my head. It hit my forehead with a thud that made my ears
ring.
‘You’re supposed to be cooking, not napping,” she sneered. “Look at you… and you Killian? Go fuck yourself!”
think you
deserve
That pushed me over the edge. I immediately grabbed the bucket and hurled it back at her with everything I had.
Chloe screamed like she was being murdered. She dodged the bucket, but got splashed with the eftover water.
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Then Killian came rushing in. One look at wet Chloe, and he grabbed me by the hair, yanking my
head back.
“Have you lost your goddamn mind? Who do you think you are, messing with Chloe like that?”
He yanked so hard I thought he was gonna rip my hair out by the roots, his face twisted with rage.
So I had to stand on my toes, my neck straining as I tried to explain.
“She dumped water on me first! Then she threw the bucket at my-”
Killian cut me off, his eyes bulged out, looking at me like he wanted to murder me right there.
“You deserved it!” he spat. “You were supposed to be cooking, not sleeping! Chloe was being nice–it
was just water. If it was me, I would’ve thrown your ass out!”
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