A Divorce He Regrets (Raina and Alexander) novel Chapter 259

RAINA

The minute I stepped out of the bathroom, the sight in front of me made me freeze.

Alex was sitting by my side of the bed and he had my phone in his hand. His jaw was tight and his unreadable as he held my phone like it was hot coal burning his hand.

“Why are you with my phone? Are you going through it?” I asked even though the answer was quite obvious, my voice was low and barely audible. “Why would you go—?”

“That’s beside the point right now, Raina,” he snapped as he got to his feet. “Why the hell are you exchanging messages with Carter? Why the fuck did you send the evidence to him?”

So I was right, he had gone through my phone and had read all my messages.

I slowly walked towards him, my anger suddenly rising and bubbling over. “I did what I knew had to be done.”

“We had a plan, Raina,” he replied, his voice louder than before. “Dom and I, we were handling it and things were going as they should.”

“Handling it?” I repeated, my voice cracking as the little restraint I had finally snapped. “What plan? To keep using me as bait? To wait until Nathan came for me?”

My words hit him hard and he recoiled but only for a second. It was small, quick but I had seen it. Guilt flashed across his eyes and I knew he regretted that it was what they had planned and he hadn’t e texted me to find out about it.

“Smart? Careful? Something that doesn’t work with Nathan because he is playing god with our lives. Can’t you fucking see it!” I snapped. “You can’t keep gambling with me and our family. Carter might be a pain in the but he’s the only one I know—only person I trust not to be bought. He’s not under Nathan’s payroll and he’s our best bet at getting justice.”

He clenched his jaw and his face was red with anger. “Dom said we would hand over the evidence after we get back the company. Not before and definitely not like this. Now our chances have been ruined and not only is what you did stupid, it is also dangerous and this wouldn’t end well.”

“Well, too bad,” I said with mock concern. “Because I already made the choice and I’m sticking with it.”

“Your plan is not only stupid, it’s also very risky!” He said again like I hadn’t heard him the first time.

“Oh, please,” I said as I rolled my eyes. “You don’t get to act like I’m the villain here.” My voice was sharp as I folded my arms across my chest.