Sweet PoisonChapter 3
Chapter 3 runs about 1,831 characters and is the last of the 3 opening chapters catalogued on this site; chapter 4 continues in the official app.
"Please," I sneered. "If I wanted revenge, I'd have given him a key to my penthouse, not a credit card."
Julian’s face softened into a sigh. "I skipped my entire morning agenda to see you. Are you still mad?"
He pulled me into his arms. "Cassia, what are you even mad about?"
I almost laughed. I'd been furious for twelve hours, and he didn't even know why. I held up my phone. It was a friend request from Zoe. The profile picture was new. It was her, this morning, still wearing his shirt, posing playfully in a field of yellow roses.
"The breakfast," I said, my voice dead. "You made it for her. We've been married three years, and you've never even boiled water for me." "The flowers. You sent me one bouquet. You gave her an entire garden."
He was silent for a moment. "If that's what this is about, I can cook for you tonight. I can send you..."
"Stop it!" I shouted. "Don't you get it? She is crossing a line, Julian! And you're letting her!"
He looked baffled. "Cassia, what are you talking about? She's just my sister."
"I'm a sister!" I shot back. "I don't prance around my brother's house in lingerie. I don't crawl into his bed at twenty-something years old. And I sure as hell don't leave bite marks on his collarbone."
He flinched, his hand instinctively going to his neck. "Last night. Did you think I wouldn't see it?"
He actually looked amused. "She's always been like that. She bites. Like a puppy."
"I don't want to hear it," I snapped. "You forget, she's not your blood sister."
He stiffened. "No, she's not. But don't imply something so disgusting."
"Get out."
But he just smiled, a slow, infuriating smile. He leaned in. "Cassia. It's been a long time since you were jealous." "I'll tell her to watch herself. Don't be mad. Please?"
He knew exactly how to calm me down. I was about to say something when his phone rang. Zoe.