Chapter 169

I froze for at least ten seconds before that indescribable fury hit me like a train. Without thinking, I raised my hand and slapped him hard across both cheeks. In the past, I just thought Ronald Wright was cold-hearted—willing to throw away his wife and everything else for Grace Mills. But I didn’t let him go, I clung to that marriage, so whatever he did to me… maybe I had it coming. But not this time. This life, I did nothing wrong to him. I didn’t stand in his way, didn’t stop him from running back into her arms. When Jordan Bryant’s accident almost killed him, I had no other choice but to ask Ronald for help. I didn’t beg for nothing—I gave him what he asked for. My body. And now he was using that to humiliate me? Both sides of Ronald’s face turned red with my fingerprints. His eyes flashed with something scary, but his expression softened ever so slightly. His lips moved. “I didn’t mean to insult you just now, I just thought you… wanted to remarry so soon…” For the first time, raw