Swallowing the bile rising to my throat, I hurried to the master’s bedroom to get a change of clothes so I could shower there. I wished I didn’t have to share a room with Rhysand but his folks would never let me have a room to myself while I was married to their son and living under their roof.
With any luck, Rhysand would be out.
But when I arrived at the room, I could hear water running from the shower, indicating that my ex-husband-to-be was probably having his bath.
Silently, I crept towards the closet, picked out any dress my hands could touch, undies, and turned to leave when a bright light blinked from the nightstand.
Pursing my lips, I intended to ignore it, but the sound of vibration against wood filled the room.
I went to the source of light and it turned out to be Rhysand’s phone.
A text message from Calista read,
–Baby, would you be early at the office today? I’m wearing thongs…in your favorite color.
A bitter taste filled my mouth and I blinked back the tears stinging my eyes. It was no secret that my husband was cheating on me with his secretary. Chances were he was fucking his secretary that night I laid on the floor bleeding. Such a shameless man.
My lips trembled and I swallowed another sob. I refused to cry about it. I already knew it a long time ago. Their relationship had been so ambiguous to the extent that they even stayed in the same suite during the so-called business trips.
“Athena, what are you doing—?” Rhysand’s deep voice slammed into me and I jumped in shock, a red blush staining my cheeks.
Shit. I really didn’t want to be that wife caught snooping on her husband’s phone.
So biting my tongue, I turned to look at him and thankfully, he was standing arms akimbo at the doorway of the bathroom, far enough to be unaware of what I was doing.
A towel hung low on his waist, lapping up the water droplets that rolled down his v-shaped abs. Good looks were only superficial and Rhysand had that in excess.
I ignored him and stormed out of the bathroom to my son’s room.
Thankfully, the rest of the day went without any confrontation with Rhysand and his family. By noon, I asked the driver to take me to a phone store.
When I’d gotten a functional mobile phone and transferred my information into it, I decided to go surprise Chris at his school for the first time.