Kara's POV
“Otherwise, what?” I snapped.
“I just mean that—” Maya trailed off.
She bit her lip, looking down. She looked upset and disbelieving. But still too intimidated by me to speak more firmly.
I didn’t blame her for being suspicious. She was right, after all, that there was more between Hunter and I than he was admitting. I wished he would just tell her the truth.
That we were married, but he didn’t love me.
I thought she’d probably take it better than he was imagine she would. He could promise to divorce me and marry her. That he didn’t care about me; that there had never been anything real between us.
She’d forgive him. They could be together.
And I could be free.
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I was surprised when Hunter messaged me later in the afternoon, instructing me to come to the Alph
