The Genius Ex-Wife’s Revenge Portfolio novel Chapter 24

David couldn’t get Ella’s delicate, pretty face out of his mind. He had just kissed her. Her lips were soft, sweet, and left a lingering scent he couldn’t shake.

As Jessa leaned in to kiss him, David turned away.

Jessa pouted, missing his lips. “What are you doing? Why are you avoiding me?”

David honestly didn’t know what was going on with him. He liked Jessa. Kissing her should have felt completely normal. Two people who liked each other, that’s just what they do.

He didn’t even like Ella. At least, that’s what he kept telling himself.

But he had just kissed Ella. He could still feel the tingle she left behind. And with his clean-freak tendencies, moving from one girl to another without any space in between just felt wrong.

It actually made his skin crawl. The whole idea felt filthy.

A sudden knock sounded at the door. Aiden’s voice floated in from the hallway. “Sir, the antidote is here.”

Antidote?

Jessa froze for a second. She’d taken something, sure, but she didn’t expect David to actually find an antidote for her.

David gently took her hands off him and stood up.

Jessa, fuming, grabbed a pillow and hurled it at him, hitting him square in the face. “David, are you a real man or not?”

She’d practically thrown herself at him, gone so far as to drug herself just to set the mood, and he still refused to touch her.

The pillow slid off his face and landed on the carpet. David barely glanced at her, his face blank. “Get some rest.”

He walked out of the room without another word.

Jessa stared after him, speechless with anger.

She honestly thought she might explode.

…

David stood in his study, tall and silent by the floor-to-ceiling windows. Aiden came in a moment later. “Sir, Ms. Irvine has taken the antidote.”

David didn’t turn around. “Did you send the antidote to Bellemont Manor?”

“I did. But when my assistant got there, the room was empty. Your wife had already left.”

David turned, his brows drawn together. He pressed his lips into a thin line. “Where did Ella go?”

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