Page 44 of His Scarlette Obsession
...for my own good?
“Do you truly want to divorce him?”
I shake my head.
“Why?”
“You know why.” I feel like such a wimp, with how the words remain stuck in my throat.
“But you can’t say it out loud?”
“If I say it out loud...then there’s really no way out.”
“There never was, the moment you married him.”
“But I really don’t think he’s serious about having me killed—”
“I don’t think that either, but it’s not what I’m talking about.”
Oh.
“The world will tell you that you have a choice,” Grandma Jackie says softly. “It will even insist that you’re a fool to let a book written thousands of years ago to make decisions foryourlife...”
I cover my face with my hands.
This isnotwhat I wanted to hear.
But I know it’s what Ineededto hear.
“I’m scared,” I choke out. “I’m really scared that I made the wrong choice, and that I’m about to throw away everything for nothing.”
“How you two began isn’t ideal, but it’s not too late to make things right. You want the Lord’s blessing, you start obeying Him now.”
“I don’t even know if Lykan believes in God.”
“You do, that’s all that matters.” Grandma squeezes my flour-dusted hand with her own. “The Lord is with you. There is nothing to fear. What can man do to you?”
One hour earlier
The limo is ridiculous. Like, movie-star ridiculous. All buttery black leather and shiny chrome, smelling like expensive cologne and money. The windows are so dark I can’t see anything outside, and these soft lights make everything look golden.
Lykan keeps looking at me, and I can tell he’s...perplexed.
He’s probably wondering why I’ve yet to make a fuss, and frankly...so am I.
I keep wondering if any moment now, my mind will convince my heart to overrule my soul, and I’ll start yelling, ‘Let me out of this car this instant!’
But...honestly?
That moment doesn’t feel like it’severgoing to happen, and...huh?
The partition between us the driver slides up, and I look at Lykan, startled. Is he about to tell me something he doesn’t want anyone to hear, like maybe—
“What are you planning?”
Accusing me, his wife, of...
Huh.
