The Genius Ex-Wife’s Revenge Portfolio novel Chapter 190

What was he even saying?

He was impossible. Absolutely awful.

“What do you want from me?”

David’s eyes flicked to her hands, which she was trying to hide behind her back. “Put it on for me.”

Ella sucked in a sharp breath. He’d seen the lingerie she was holding, and now he actually wanted her to wear it for him.

Fuming, she threw the lacy thing right at his face. “No way!”

David barely reacted. The lingerie slid off his cheek and landed on the carpet. He reached out, his hand cool and steady, cupping her face and tilting it up toward him. “So you can wear it for Atlas, but not for me?”

He held her there, his palm against her cheek, making her look right at him. She had no idea what he was talking about. She’d never worn that kind of thing for anyone, definitely not for Atlas. In fact, she didn’t even know why room service had delivered it.

“If you want to see a girl in sexy lingerie, go ask Jessa.”

She shot the name at him, knowing it would sting.

David’s lips pulled into a mocking little smile. “Jessa? She’s innocent, you know. She’d never put on something like that. Lingerie is for women like you, isn’t it?”

Women like her?

What was that supposed to mean?

David’s eyes roamed over her face, his thumb pressing against her lips, rough and almost punishing. There was something cruel in his gaze as he smirked. “Why are you looking at me like that, Ella? Did you sleep around before we got married? And after? Have you done it with Atlas? Or is there someone else?”

Her lashes fluttered. So this was what he thought of her.

A girl anyone could have.

He’d never ask Jessa to wear something so cheap, but for her, he didn’t even hesitate. He really thought so little of her.

A bitter smile tugged at Ella’s lips. She tried to push past him, desperate to get away.

Then, finally, he let her go. His eyes swept over her—slow, dismissive. “Ella, you think I actually want you? Have you even bothered to get checked lately? Honestly, I think you’re filthy.”

He turned and walked out, just like that.

Had she even bothered to get checked?

He thought she was filthy.

His cruel words echoed in her ears, each one slicing deeper. He always knew exactly how to hurt her, how to make her heart ache until it felt like it would break.

Whatever they’d had between them was gone now, frozen over completely.

Ella slid down the wall, her body folding in on itself until she was crouched on the floor. She didn’t understand. Why had he come in here just to tear her apart like that?

Did putting her down really make him that happy?