Chapter 10

hapter 10 Chapter 10 At the same time that evening, Kris was at The View, a popular nightclub where he and his friends, Henry and Alden, often went to talk over drinks. Henry and Alden had just returned from a business trip to the news of Kris’s divorce from Thalassa.

“So you finally made her sign the divorce papers and kicked her out? I’m so happy for you, man.”

That was Henry, a dirty blonde guy in his late twenties who had no filter whatsoever when it came to the things he said and slept around with no intention of settling down.

Alden glared at Henry. “Do you really think saying all that will make him feel better? Can’t you see he looks miserable as it is?”

Alden, also in his late twenties, was tall with dark hair and easily the most handsome among them. He was usually the voice of reason.

“Oh, please,” Henry rolled his eyes. “He’s going to get over it soon. The fact that that lowlife is finally out of his life is so much better. She never deserved to mingle with people like us anyway.”

“Lowlife? Henry, don’t forget that you didn’t exactly come from riches yourself,” Alden reminded him. Henry was instantly offended, glaring at his friend. “Yes, I know that I wasn’t rich until I met you guys and you invested in my business. Are you going to always remind me of that?”

Alden sighed. “No. But-”

“Then don’t bring it up,” Henry cut him off. “Besides, my situation was so much different from that woman’s. I came from a middle-class family and she’s just a poor nobody with no family who seduced Kris to get rich.”

Kris gripped his glass of whiskey tightly at the insult, but he didn’t say anything.

“It’s not exactly her fault that she has no family, is it?” Alden pointed out.

Henry sucked in a breath of frustration, “Should I call her for you so that you can tell her you want to be her new best friend?”

Alden raised his hands in surrender, knowing this argument wasn’t going anywhere.

Herry turned to Kris. “Honestly, I will never understand why you chose to marry that woman even after finding out that she cheated on you the night before your wedding. I know you just wanted to make her suffer and confess, but you took so long to finally get rid of her Kris gritted his teeth as flashes of certain photos went through his mind. On the day of his wedding to Thalassa, he’d been the happiest man in the world until his mother and Karen showed him the pictures of Thalasso naked with another man.

it had completely shattered him.

Everyone had expected him to call off the wedding, but to their shock, he’d gone ahead and married Thalassa He’d done it for revenge. That was why he’d dedicated the past year to making her suffer for deceiving turn, even though he never told her why “Speaking of that. Alden’s voice pulled him out of his thoughts. “What works +25 BONUS Chapter 10 had confessed that she cheated on you?”

Kris stiffened. He knew the answer to that question, but he felt too ashamed to admit it to his friends. He would’ve forgiven her.

Even after everything, if she’d confessed the truth and regretted cheating on him, he would’ve forgiven her. That was how much of an idiot he was.

But she’d never confessed. Instead, she’d gone on to lie and betray him. What she had done recently, stealing money from his family and trying to blame his mother, had been the last straw.

Realizing that his shot glass was empty, he poured himself another shot of whiskey and downed it in one gulp.

“Dude, don’t you think you’re drinking too much?” Alden asked, worried, when Kris poured another shot.

But Kris didn’t listen. After Thalassa’s latest betrayal, he’d felt numb. The alcohol was the only thing that made him feel something. So he continued drinking.

Shot after shot.

God, how could he be so s**pid to let the same woman betray him twice?

He poured another shot, but just as he was about to gulp it, Alden s*n*ed it from his hand.

“That’s enough.”

Kris glared at him. “Give it back!”

“See, your voice is even slurring! Kris, you’ve drunk too much already,” Alden protested.

“Come on, stop being a spoilsport and just let him drink,” Henry said, earning a glare from Alden.

“Fine,” Kris said. If Alden wasn’t going to give him the glass, then he was going to drink straight from the bottle.

But just as he was about to pick it up, Alden pulled it from his reach again.

“Alden,” Kris growled.

“No, Kris. Let me take you home right now. You won’t be able to drive in this condition.”

“I’m not going home. The bed... It’s... It’s empty without...”

No! That woman wasn’t even worthy of being in his thoughts.

“Oh goodness, son. What have you done to yourself?” Linda Miller complained when Henry and Alden brought a stumbling, drunk Kris into the mansion. She was standing beside Karen.

“Mum, I’m not drunk. I’m just... tipsy,” Kris slurred, freeing himself from his friends to show his mother that he could walk on his own, but he nearly fell after only one step. His friends quickly grabbed him again.

“How could you have allowed him to drink like this?” Karen snapped, glaring at Henry and Alden.

“We tried to stop him, but he wouldn’t listen,” Alden explained through gritted teeth.

If it wasn’t for Kris’s mother being in front of him, he would’ve snapped and told Karen to shut up and not +25 BC Chapter 10 speak to him like that. There was just something about her he’d never liked.

“Just take him to his room, will you?” Linda said.

They watched as the two men took Kris upstairs before returning to say goodbye and leaving the house. As soon as Alden and Henry left, Linda turned to Karen with a dubious look on her face.

“Karen, you know what to do.”

“Of course,” Karen said with a smirk before making her way up the stairs.

When she got to Kris’s bedroom door, she knocked once and entered. Kris was standing by a small table in the comer of the room where there was a decanter filled with alcohol. He was pouring some into a shot glass.

“Kris...” Karen walked forward. “Kris, don’t you think you’ve had a little too much to drink?”

“Karen, what are you doing here?” Kris questioned without looking at her. He gulped down the shot of whiskey while Karen watched him gleefully. It was perfect for her plans.

“Kris, it really pains me to see you like this. I still feel like it’s my fault.”

“I’ve already told you that it’s not. Thala...” He stiffened. “...that woman was responsible for her own actions.”

He poured himself another drink.

“But drinking isn’t going to make you feel better,” Karen pointed out.

“Then what is?” Kris hissed harshly. “It’s late. Just go, Karen.”

His breath reeked of whiskey, but Karen didn’t care. She was a woman on a mission.

“Let me help you forget, Kris,” she said, stepping closer to him.

Kris stumbled back. “Help me forget? How?”

“Like this”

And with that, she reached behind her and pulled down her zipper, then the straps of her dress. The dress slipped down her body and pooled at her feet, leaving her almost naked in only her panties.