A Divorce He Regrets (Alissa Nexus) novel Chapter 86

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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, feeding 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 I 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 I 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 kissed 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 patience 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 plan wasn’t solid 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.

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