Gabriel Cross was having an affair with my best friend, Sienna Price. After it came out, my dad beat Gabriel so badly he was blinded in his left eye.
My mother grabbed Sienna by the throat and choked her until she passed out.
When Gabriel threatened to press charges, I begged him to spare my parents. He gave me two conditions.
“First,” he said, “I’ll end things with her and come back to you. But you can never bring up divorce again.”
“Second, you can only see your parents once a year. No contact with them the rest of the time.”
I agreed. For the next three years, I only saw my parents at Christmas.
This Thanksgiving, Gabriel said he had to travel for work again.
I bought a pumpkin pie and planned to sneak over to my parents’ house in Bellevue.
I was standing just outside the glass door to their backyard when I saw my father playing chess with Gabriel.
“That punch I threw was too hard,” my father said, looking at Gabriel’s left eye. “It’s a damn shame about that eye.”
Gabriel just waved it off.
“It’s fine. Without you two running interference, a woman with Mags’s temper would have divorced me for sure.”
“This is much better,” he continued. “Your house has become our little safe house. A place for me and Sia to meet. No one suspects a thing.”
Just then, my mother appeared at the door, her arm around a visibly pregnant Sienna. She called the men inside for dinner.
They looked like a family.
Whatever hope I had left died in that instant.
Gabriel had probably forgotten. When we got married, he’d signed a postnuptial agreement. All it needed was my signature to be executed by a lawyer.
He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 07 I called his name again and again, but he never looked back. After the front door slammed shut, my mother cut through my daze. “That’s enough. They’re gone. You can stop the act now.” “We don’t keep pads in the house anymore. You’ll have to
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He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 06 Gabriel’s brow furrowed in frustration. “Margot Archer, you are still legally my wife. No one has touched your house, your accounts, or the life you have. What exactly are you afraid of losing?” The pain intensified, and I doubled over. Gabriel’s expression changed in an
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He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 05 My mother helped Sienna up, shooting me a look of pure disgust. “She’s pregnant. Why do you have to keep pushing her?” “And honestly, even if it wasn’t Sia, the way you and Gabriel were… it would have been someone else eventually.” My legs finally
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He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 04 “What the hell do you all take me for?” My father’s hand shot out and slapped me hard across the face. “You still have the nerve to call us your parents? Then you won’t stand in our house and scream at us.” I hadn’t seen
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He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 03 My father’s voice followed. “She has her OB appointment tomorrow. We can shop the day after. Tell Gabe to call Margot and say he’s extending his trip by a day.” Gabriel’s voice was calm, matter-of-fact. “Okay. I’ll video Mags later and tell her another meeting
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He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 02 I had just tied up the garbage bag when a video call from Gabriel came through. The moment he saw my face, his brow furrowed. “I just got back to the hotel. Mags, why are you so pale? Are you sick?” I stared at his
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He Cheated With My Friend My Parents Helped Chapter 01 Gabriel Cross was having an affair with my best friend, Sienna Price. After it came out, my dad beat Gabriel so badly he was blinded in his left eye. My mother grabbed Sienna by the throat and choked her until she passed out. When Gabriel
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