Page 33 of My Ex's Billionaire Brother

There were two cars there. One of them I remembered being his dad’s, but I didn’t recognize the other. A feeling of worry overtook me. I stepped to the door, knocking, and then, moments later, the door opened.

“Oh, Tina!”

“Hi, I’m here to check up on the animals,” I replied, cutting the crap. I didn’t want to be here and judging from the other cars that were here, I didn’t want to be around during all of that either.

“Right, I’ll show you where they are and—”

“Yo, is that Tina?” the voice said.

I tensed up when I realized who it was.

No . . . it can’t be . . .

I looked, and I saw it. The one person I vowed never to talk to again.

David

He grinned, looking at me with that shit-eating grin. I hated him so much. I looked around, trying to keep it together, but the whole time I felt confused and unsure of what to say.

Caleb looked at me, and he tried to give me a reassuring smile. “Hey, sorry, Dad and David are here. Can we talk later?”

I shook my head. “I’m here for my job. If you wish to talk to me, do it another time.”

I walked right past him, out to the fields. As I looked over at the cows, I could feel a haughty grin from David.

“Well, look who it is. You’re the same as ever, Tina. You’re always working so hard. The same old nerd I always knew,” David said.

I looked at him, trying to ignore the jeers and looks. “And what do you want?”

“Oh, I just wanted to say hi. You’ve been looking well, I suppose,” he said.

“Why are you here?” I muttered, checking the cows and looking at them.

David laughed.

“Well, I was here because things with that girl didn’t turn out so great. And well, I’m divorced. Back here with my dad again, trying to figure out what to do. Say, you’re looking pretty good these days,” he said, eying me up and down.

I ignored him, but then he stepped forward.

“I said, you’re looking great. What, do your ears not work now? I know it’s been a long time, but I always liked that you’d listen to me, you know,” he said.

“Yeah, because I was the only one willing to listen to your shit,” I said.

“Ouch, you’re such a spitfire. Same as always. You know, you definitely are the same old woman that I knew before. Maybe I should’ve stuck around with you. Told you about how I liked you. But also . . . you never put out,” he added.

I ignored him, trying to keep it together as I looked at the animals. That’s why I was here. To look at the animals and not be the emotional punching bag for this overgrown man-child.

“Come on, don’t you want to say something? Or did you forget how to use your words after all this time and—”

“Hey, leave her alone,” Caleb said.

Caleb walked on over, glaring at David, and David sneered. “What, you jealous?”

“No, I’m not jealous. Didn’t dad say he was going to talk to you about Abby?”

“Well, yeah, but it’s time for me to say hello to old friends, right? It’s been so long since I’ve seen Tina, and I figured she wanted to say hi before I disappeared again. I was going to take the girl that he tossed to the side. Such a shame. She’s quite the looker. Got bigger tits than you, and—”

“Enough!” Caleb said.

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