Chapter 32. There It Goes

Evelyn

As my body seized with tension, his words cut through me like a knife.

Chloe—she was that one perpetual sore spot in our relationship, a shadow that loomed over us, casting its darkness on everything we tried to build. The trauma she left behind, the havoc she wreaked, the way she still haunted our lives—it would never fade. It would fucking linger, an ever-present specter, forever.

“What… What did you just say?” My voice trembled with a mix of disbelief and anger, my eyes boring into Tyler’s, searching for any hint of deceit, but finding only amusement dancing in his gaze.

Jerk!

A smirk tugged at Tyler’s lips, his eyes gleaming with malicious delight as if relishing the discomfort he stirred within me. He reveled in the chaos he wrought, convinced of his ability to manipulate the fragile threads of our relationship.

I could tell—he was fucking enjoying it.

“Well, you don’t know how much of an ‘arse’ guy Jacob is, do you?” he t