Chapter 159: Letting her Go
"Evan was true to his word," Avery thinks ruefully, "I regretted our marriage countless times. But soon, I can put all that behind me; I can walk away from all the pain and hurt without regret."
She takes a deep breath but doesn't answer him. Instead, she takes a swift look around the room. Leonie isn't there, but the bed is rumpled, and the sheets lie twisted at the bottom of the mattress. Leonie's clothes are scattered across the floor. Avery knows Evan is deliberately manipulative—he's summoned her to the room so she can see the evidence of the passionate love-making.
Avery looks back at Evan. The evidence of their sex stabs her in the heart like an arrow. She takes a deep breath and imagines constructing a steel wall around her heart. She imagines the arrows breaking painlessly against the wall. She refuses to let him see her suffer, and she tries to force a neutral expression.
"What do you want?" Avery asks.
"Are you pregnant?"