40ᵗʰ CHAPTER

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"Says who? You?" He. Then laugh. "Oh .... I didn't expect you to defend that woman. Didn't something happen to them with your husband? Which happened to be ...." He was still smiling. "Her ex husband."

I was literally stunned by what I heard. Several times it repeated in my ear as if it were a broken record without stopping the utterance of such a word.

It was as if the surroundings stopped moving and I heard nothing but the loud beating of my heart and the last word left by the man in front of me now.

"E-Ex .... H-Hus-husband ...?" I spoke softly....