TWENTY-FIVE
Trick ordered another drink.
Well, he had his answer.
Lyla wasn’t coming.
With both arms folded on the bar, he leaned over it waiting for the bartender to come back with the bottle he’d ordered. If there was ever a reason to get blitzed, being dumped by his wife was it.
But he couldn’t blame her, not after the way the show had been cut on Wednesday. Turned out his fears were justified. The studio had cut the team-building break to look like Lyla was the jealous one, and Kira was the seductive goddess. So when they made it look like he and his ex had got it on in the forest, he couldn’t really blame Lyla for wanting rid of him.
He actually hated himself for loving her so much. If he could just get her out of his system, she’d be so much better off without him. All along he
