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This is one thousand percent not how a healthy relationship begins. I may not have had great role models in that arena, but I’ve spent a lot of time daydreaming about my happily ever after, and not once did it unfold like this.
His eyes glint like shards of black onyx. “You have no idea how committed I am. If you did, you’d be the one running.”
“If I had a dollar for every rapist and pedophile hiding behind the guise of a happy marriage, I’d be the richest man on this planet.” The chilling certainty in his tone sends a wave of goose bumps down my arms.
“I arranged a convenient way to enable us to reunite.” His casual tone is mystifying, as though he has no concept of how insane he sounds. “Why not just ask me out?”
Oran chooses that precise moment to saunter out from the bedroom. He looks at his daughter, then at us. “I miss something?” Lina waltzed over to my suitcase. “Yes, lots. This is Freya. She and Mellie are going to stay with us for a bit.” Oran looks at my dog, his wife, me, then back to his daughter. “Sounds good. What’s for breakfast?”
“I’d say that’s highly unlikely. When the feds have a look at his computer—which they’ll do with your allegations that he claimed to have video evidence—the cache of child porn they find will keep him locked up for good.”
good thing it’s made up because the real justice system wouldn’t have him put away for life. He’d get like 5 years max.