The-Wrong-Bride-Ares--Raven’s-story-(Maura,-Catharina)_bibis

Chapter Fifty-Four
ARES
I smile at one of Raven’s cousins as he tells me all about this supposedly brilliant idea he has for a
TV show he thinks I should create. I don’t have the heart to tell him that I neither write nor direct
them. I’m merely the investor behind it all.
“And then the spaceship explodes,” he says, mimicking the sounds loudly in the busy garden.
I nod, barely paying attention. “I think something like that already exists, Nick.” Pretty sure what
he’s describing to me is the plot to Star Wars with some minor tweaks.
“Yeah, but this is better.”
Hannah walks over to me and rolls her eyes at him. “Stop harassing Ares,” she says as she holds
up a beer for me. The circles underneath her eyes make me wonder if she heard us last night.
Somehow, I doubt she’d be smiling at me this way if she had, but then again, no one can put up an act
like Hannah does.
“Just giving him some good ideas. You’ll thank me when Raven and Ares become filthy rich.”
Hannah winces, and I take a swig of my beer. “My wife and I are already rich, buddy. I’ll take
your ideas under consideration, though. Thank you.”
He nods and walks off, no doubt in search of another victim to subject to his boring stories.
“Don’t mind him,” Hannah tells me, her arm brushing against mine.
I take a step away from her and nod, my eyes on Raven. “It’s truly over between us, isn’t it?” she
asks, following my gaze.
I nod. “It is.”
She sighs and runs a hand through her hair. “For so long, I was certain that you’d want to be with
me in three years. I must’ve been insane to think you’d stay away from Raven the entire time, that
nothing would happen between you two. I trusted you both too much. I always knew she secretly had a
thing for you, but you… I didn’t think you’d ever reciprocate those feelings. I didn’t think you’d ever
see her as anything but my little sister.”
I glance at her. “She’s my wife,” I remind her. “You act like she and I betrayed you when you’re
the one who walked away. You can’t begrudge us our happiness when you’re the one who pushed us
together.”
“You’ve always wanted her, haven’t you?”