Marry My Billionaire Second Husband - Chapter 40

Watch Your Dog
“Let go of me!” Amelia hissed, trying to pry herself out of his grip. However, Caleb had evidently learned from earlier, and his fingers were practically an iron manacle around her wrist. She glared at him.

“Why should I? You’re mine!” Caleb declared, an ugly glint crossing his eyes. “Matteo Montgomery should be honored to eat my sloppy seconds!”

Cherry’s face reddened with anger at his words and his blatant disrespect for Amelia as a person. Caleb Walton was an utter brute― no wonder her cousin never wanted to spend any time with him! She marched forward and stomped on his foot, causing him to wince.

“Let Amelia go, or I’ll have you arrested,” Cherry threatened, but Caleb merely gave a cold laugh.

“Arrest me? Do you know who I am?” His voice echoed so loudly throughout the store that people outside might have heard it.

“Yes, and so does everyone else,” Amelia said, trying to sound braver than she felt. “What would they think when they see Caleb Walton harassing Matteo’s fiancée? Wouldn’t your highly prestigious family rake you over the coals for causing trouble?”

“Amelia, you’ve gotten smarter, but you’re not smart enough,” Caleb said. “Once the truth is revealed, the only one that’ll be raked over the coals is you.”

“Why are you doing this?” Amelia was this close to tearing her own hair out, but Caleb was still refusing to let her go. She could only despair― he had never behaved like this — with demented possessiveness radiating off every fiber of his being — not when they were married and supposedly in love.

Yet, this madness was rearing its ugly head now? Out of all times? Amelia gnashed her teeth; Caleb was behaving like a brat who got his favorite toy stolen!

“Caleb, might I remind you that you dumped me for Kelsie Friesent? I don’t think she’ll take kindly to you grabbing another woman’s hand like this!” Amelia pointed out.

If her scummy ex-husband could forget that he was married to her when he went around gallivanting with Kelsie, he might have also forgotten that he was now dating her when he decided to harass Amelia.

A quick shutter sound stunned Caleb. It was Cherry who took the photo.

“Wait till I send this to Kelsie Friesent,” Cherry said evilly. “You can kiss your relationship goodbye.”

Before Caleb could grab her phone and crush it under his heel, the soft tinkling of the bell broke through the tense atmosphere. Someone had entered the store!

And when Amelia caught sight of who it was, her face paled further.

It was none other than Kelsie Friesent, and her eyes darted to Caleb, then Amelia, and then to Caleb’s wrist. At once, Caleb let go of her as though he had touched fire with his bare hands, but not before shoving Amelia to the side.

Amelia stumbled, and Cherry caught her quickly before she fell.

“What’s the meaning of this?” Kelsie asked, her voice an icy whisper.

“Stay away from me!” Caleb yelled, straightening his jacket. “There’s no point in begging me to take you back! I’m with Kelsie now.”

“I don’t want you back!” Amelia exclaimed indignantly. She turned to Kelsie. “Keep an eye on your dog!”

“Damn right!” Cherry cheered. “Come on, Amelia, let’s go!”

Kelsie snorted, a smirk on her face. “Cherry Montgomery? The rumors don’t do you justice. How was prison life?”

Cherry’s face paled in anger. “Shut it!”

Meanwhile, Amelia’s eyes widened. Cherry was an ex-convict? How on earth did such a thing happen?

“A criminal and a gold-digger, truly a match made in heaven!” Caleb added, his eyes glinting wickedly. He had to get Kelsie to focus on something other than her catching him with Amelia.

“Keep talking and I’ll show you what skills I learned inside there,” Cherry said threateningly, rolling up her sleeves to reveal her developed arm muscles. She cracked her knuckles, and the sharp pops rang through the store like gunshots.

Kelsie and Caleb grew more wary, and Amelia took this chance to grab Cherry’s hand and slip through the door.

“Hey, come back! I’m not done with you!” Kelsie called out, but they ran straight for the car.

“I’m sorry you had to hear that,” Cherry said, her voice low and ashamed. She wasn’t looking at Amelia’s face, instead, she kept her eyes on the dashboard of the car. “I didn’t want you to find out this way. But I swear― I’m a changed person now! I would never hurt someone!”

“It’s okay, we all have secrets,” Amelia said. Frankly, even if Cherry murdered someone, it would still not be as bad as what she was going to say. She took a deep breath. “I also have a confession to make. Remember how Caleb said I was his significant other?”

“Yes?” Cherry asked with a frown. “He was bullshitting, wasn’t he?”

“Not entirely,” Amelia said. “Matteo knows it too― I used to be married to him.”

Cherry blinked uncomprehendingly, and Amelia rushed to explain.

“But back then, I didn’t know he was rich! He introduced himself to me as an orphan, and we met in community college. I fell in love with him then… and we dated and eventually married at a courthouse.”

“What the fuck?” Cherry’s mouth fell open. “You’re serious?”

“Yes. Apparently, that man lied to me for years, and I only found out because I was working at the same bar he was hosting his rich friends at.”

“Was this the club where Matteo arranged for me to work?” Cherry asked, slowly connecting the dots.

Amelia nodded sadly. “They made things difficult for me, and my old manager sided with them. Anyway, long story short, he had enough of lying to me and decided to serve me the divorce papers so he could chase after Kelsie Friescent.”

There was a stunned silence from Cherry before she let out a string of profanities so vulgar that it caused Amelia’s ears to burn.

“What a scumbag!” Cherry finished with a shaky exhale. “Well. I can definitely assure you that Matteo isn’t anything like him, so you can rest easy. He’ll treat you a lot better than that fucker, that’s for sure.”

“That’s a very low bar though,” Amelia said, and Cherry scoffed. She took out her phone and jabbed at it angrily.

“I’m telling Matteo about this. Just wait, he’ll help you settle this!”