Chapter 186
was enough to bruise Alyssa’s back. “What the hell is wrong with you, Jasper?”
Jasper was fuming with rage. His grip tightened around her wrists. It was as if he was scared she might run from him. Their eyes met.
‘You’ve led again and again to me, Alice White, Who wouldn’t be upset?” he roared, volce raspy.
“When have I ever lied to you?” Alyssa demanded, struggling against the man’s grip. “The only reason you know nothing about me is
because you never cared!
Three years, Jasper Deckelt. I would have told you everything you wanted to know if only you had asked. But have you ever cared to ask me? Did you ever care about me?”
Jasper’s heart skipped several beats, pounding hard in his chest.
“Do you know what i like having for breakfast? What do I enjoy doing on the weekends? What kind of music do I like? I was your wife, and I gave you my all. I paid attention to everything you did, what you loved and hated. But what about you?
“Isn’t it hilarious how you’re accusing me of lying right now when you were the cause of your own ignorance? Your own despair?” Alyssa yelled at him, eyes shoving daggers down his throat.
Shame flooded Jasper’s being.
“Three years, and you treated me like some old toy to be put in a corner and gather dust. Every day every single day, I prayed you would come and talk to me, to care about me even a little bit, I would have bared my soul to you.
“But where did that get me, hm? All I got in the end was was you abandoning me for someone else.”
Abandon?
Jasper trembled slightly as he watched Alyssa’s face turn sad and pale. His heart clenched terribly at the sight.
He recalled he was the one who had abandoned her back then. He remembered how sad and in despair Alyssa was when he forced her to
sign their divorce papers.
She had been so heartbroken then. How could she be so carefree now?
“Thanks to your cruelty, the disappointment I felt has grown into despair, and any shred of hope I had left had permanently died out. I no longer want anything to do with you. All I want is you out of my life,” Alyssa growled out, her eyes nearly bloodshot. The look she had on her lace made Jasper shiver.
Lies!
Jasper flinched as If someone had stabbed him in the chest. “Have you really given up on me, Alice? You must be lying.”
“Lying? Hah!” Alice snorted. “Why would I waste my time trying to lie to you?”
Jasper couldn’t help it anymore. “Do you really like Jonah Taylor?”
“No, I don’t believe you. You’re only with him so that you can get back at me. You’re angry at me. You’re angry at me because of the divorce!” Jasper yelled, then leaned in close to Alyssa, their noses brushing against one another’s.
“Upset? Oh, I am the furthest thing away from upset.” Alyssa grinned. “He treats me like a goddess, unlike you. Every single day of being with you fell like a prison.
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