Love Like This

Chapter 43

He reached in his back and pulled out a thick envelope. "You can try. You can try real hard, but you'll get only what you're worth - shit. If you go my way, I'll let you walk out of here with your dignity and personal belongings. If you want to do it the hard way, I'll leave you in the middle of the city with nothing to your name and not a stitch on your body."

"I have places to stay," she said slanting her eyes at him. "There are plenty of people I have."

"Like Carlos? Enrique? How about Stanley? Is that all of them or should I try the list of lover's in New York I've recently spoken to?"

She wanted to scratch his eyes out. She wanted to take away that triumphant smirk on his face. What else did he know?

Standing up, Ethan said as cold as he could, "The houses, the credit cards, the cars, everything is gone. You're on your own. Even your lover's homes you've so generously bought for them are gone. I've confiscated all the gifts you've bought them. Yes, I have been keeping track of all the cars and jewelry gifts you've gone out of your way to keep from me."

She turned her back to him so angry. "How long have you known?"

"The past two years, but I thought I could handle it. I mean I was just in lust with you. I thought you would make me love you. I could have, given time, but you used me, just like you have used everyone else in your life. Even that bastard you had and tried to hide from the world by fostering off on your own mother."