Chapter 15

Otis floored the accelerator, racing Wesley home at breakneck speed. Wesley stormed upstairs. Anais was dressed in revealing sleepwear, and she greeted him with a playful smile. "Wes, where'd you run off to? I'm not even done with you yet." Wesley dodged her embrace, seizing her shoulders instead. He ground out, "Anais, why did you really come back this time?" Anais flinched at the murderous glint in his eyes. She struggled against his grip, but his hands were iron vises. "Wes, what's gotten into you? Why'd you suddenly ask me that? "I told you, my ex abused me. That's why I divorced him." A glacial smile spread across Wesley's face as he clicked the recorder. When her own voice filled the room, Anais panicked. "No! Wes, that was just angry nonsense! I didn't come back for money. I came back because I love you!" "So, framing Mabel was an act of love too?" He spat the words through clenched teeth. "Do you love me or my bank account?" Rage threatened to explode from Wesley's che