Invisible to My First Love (Harper and Maddox) novel Chapter 40

Harper 

“What? No way,” Grayson said. “Why would I divorce her?” He poked his cheek like he was actually offended by what I said. 

How my heart would’ve leaped for joy had that been the case, but there had been so many times when he could’ve done that, yet he still chose her. 

“All I told her was I’d leave her in our bedroom since I couldn’t stand her,” he said. “She hates it when I’m mad at her.” 

“Look, I know you said she’s totally cool with this, but I’m still not buying it and if it turns out I’m right, then I’d rather not be friends with you because-“ 

He quickly placed his hand over my mouth to shut me up, bringing his face real close. 

“Don’t ever say shit like that again, Harp. Got it?” 

Fuck, seeing him like that made my heart skip a beat. 

I nodded, my gaze dropping to his gorgeous lips that now smelled like whiskey. 

“Good,” he said quietly. “Dropping his hand from my lips, he leaned back with a heavy sigh. “I can’t lose you, Harp. If I’m being honest, the past few years haven’t been particularly easy.” 

I drank from my bottle. “How come? I thought you had it real good. You and your family worked hard even after making highly profitable investments. Now you even run your own company and have achieved that billionaire status. Back in junior high school, I would’ve never thought you’d reach such heights. You did great.” 

“While you’re right about that part, I had no one to talk to.” 

“I was only a phone call away,” I reminded him. 

He gave a half smile. “I know, but everything was just different after our graduation, especially with the way you left. It just wasn’t the same anymore. You weren’t there-“ 

“I was always there,” I tightened the grip on the bottle neck, “but I just didn’t want to complicate things and college was right on time.” 

“I had so much to tell you, so much to share with you and I thought about you. I really did.” 

I lowered my head with a sigh. “But you just never felt like sharing with me in the end. I mean, why would you? Tiffany was right there.” 

“Actually, no.” 

I raised my head. “What do you mean?” 

He paused with the glass in his hand. “Tiffany was the only girlfriend I ever had. Before she came into my life, it was just me and my best friend.” 

He proudly glanced at me and I had to force a smile. 

“Yeah, it was just the two of us, but what’s that got to do with anything?” 

“She was my girlfriend for a very long time. That’s before I chose to spend the rest of my life with her.” 

“Of course.” I swallowed hard at those words. 

“For real? You couldn’t share it with anyone else? Come on. I know that apart from me, you had other friends.” 

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