“You’ll never have his heart.”
I opened my eyes to find myself face to face with the woman that made my life miserable even before I knew that she was alive.
I narrowed my eyes. “You don’t know anything.”
She laughed. “I know that he hasn’t been able to take his eyes off me since I returned. I know that I’m his mate. I know that he’s loved me since the moment he first saw me and has never stopped loving me. I know that this marriage was nothing but a show. He used you because he was lonely and was hurting over me. Whatever little moments you two have had I’m sure it was only because of the pain he felt after losing me. now that I’m back, believe me, Hunter will be mine again. He will never love someone like you. I can already see it so clearly. He’s just a good person and doesn’t know how to tell you to get lost. After I have a little talk with him, he will change his mind. He’s always given me exactly what I’ve wanted. He wouldn’t stop now … not for you.”
“Is that why I’m still the one he spends the night with while you stay in a guest room?” I asked her with a sweet smile. I didn’t wait for her to answer me as I stormed back into the house. I went outside to move away from her and the woman actually followed me out.
Even though I said those things to her, there was no denying that her words did affect me badly.
A lot of those things were true. When Hunter and I got married he was vulnerable and hurting because he’d thought that Maggie was dead; we did have moments where he talked about her and how much her death had hurt him.
Was that all it was?
Was I just an escape for Hunter?
***ISABELLA***
“Do you really think Sheila didn’t know that Maggie was alive all along?” Esma asked me.
Hunter and Maggie were having a discussion a little way from us and Sheila had just left after insisting that the both of them announce to all of their friends that she was alive.
I didn’t want to be here when that happened. I couldn’t imagine just standing and watching while everyone congratulated the two of them. It would only make me hurt some more.
“I don’t think so.” I admitted. “I can’t say for sure but something just doesn’t add up. Maggie’s story alone sounds too crazy to be true.”
She nodded. “I was thinking the same. I wish I knew how to get the real truth out from her.”
I sighed. “I don’t know if Hunter would want that.”
Esma reached forward and touched my arm lightly. “Believe me; my brother already has feelings for you. He would see through her lies eventually, right now he’s just in shock and it’s taking him some time to get over it. I can’t blame him. We all thought she was dead.”
“I’m not so sure about that.” I whispered. “Maggie is flawless. Why would Hunter not want her now that she is back?”
Esma’s eyes widened. “flawless?” She asked. “She’s so far from it. You’re the one that’s actually flawless Isabella. I’m sure everyone has already seen that including my brother.”
I flushed at her words. I wished that was the way that Hunter saw me. My gaze went back to Hunter and Maggie; they weren’t having a happy conversation. I could tell by the way both of their voices were rising every second. I picked up on a little piece of their argument, it sounded like Maggie had ordered some of Hunter’s men to do something for her aunt which in turn left the security of the house at risk.
I knew how much Hunter cared about keeping this house safe … It was important to him because he wanted to keep me safe. now I was sure that he wanted to protect Maggie as well, he wouldn’t want to lose her twice.
I sighed and took this time to study Maggie a little more. It was easier now that she wasn’t looking directly at me like before.
Her hair was up in a tight bun and it was only then did I realize that she wasn’t as flawless as I’d originally thought. There was this small scar on her forehead, near her temple. Her eyes found me looking at her and she narrowed them at me.
I tensed when she started to walk towards us with a mischievous glint in her eyes. I felt a cold chill run down my spine and I could tell that she had something horrible to say before she even opened her mouth.
“Before I came here I heard someone talking about your sister.” She said over her shoulder to Hunter. “Maybe Isabella and Esma can help confirm whether this is true or not.”
Esma and I looked at each other in confusion. What could she have possibly heard and why was she looking at us like this?
“I heard that her mate is a Blackner. nathan Blackner.”
There was a long silent pause amongst us at her confession. There were so many questions racing through my mind.
How did she know this? There was no way that Maggie had found that out without asking around or doing some digging up.
I gave Esma a shocked look and she returned it back to me. I bit my l*p as I already knew that Hunter was about to go crazy on all of us.
He turned to Esma with his lips pressed together in an unhappy frown. “Is this true?”
Her bottom l*p trembled as she faced him. At this moment I wanted nothing more than to slap Maggie hard across her face. I could see that she was happy to cause Esma any kind of unhappiness. There was this mischievous smile on her face as she waited for the scene to unfold before her eyes.
Why would she do that? She not only made things difficult for Esma but she was putting Hunter’s life in danger as well. This was what we wanted to avoid all along in the first place. We didn’t tell Hunter because we wanted to protect him.
Did Maggie not care about his safety? Did she even think before opening her mouth?
“Brother,” Esma whispered. “I know that I shouldn’t have kept this from you but I didn’t want to put your life in danger or get you mixed up in my struggles. I’m dealing with this on my own.”
Hunter took a step towards her and faced her with his famous penetrating gaze. “Was nathan responsible for the threat to your life? Are they the ones that almost got Isabella killed?”
Esma trembled and refused to answer his question.
“AnSWER ME!” He roared.
I heard a loud crash outside and everything happened so fast after that. One minute Hunter was shouting for Esma to answer him and the next an unknown body slammed straight into him.
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