I paused for a moment and mulled over my reply. “None of your business,” I hissed. “But it’s no thanks to you, otherwise you would’ve let me starve!”
“Oh, don’t be so dramatic,” he huffed, shaking his head. “We can work this out, and if you’d just be reasonable and listen to my side of the story, then you can have everything back… no questions asked.”
I stood back in astonishment. “So if I play ball, you’ll ‘allow’ me to have my own money back?” I chuckled in disbelief.
“We’ve got a beautiful home together, you can have your money, and we can forget this ever happened and move on.” I could see a flash of annoyance cross his eyes. Ugh, I’d never realised what a creep he was.
“Are you for real?” I chuckled. “You think it’s that easy to forget what you’ve done?”
“Yeah… it was
