Page 24 of Heartbreak Hero

Levi ground his teeth when Sara slipped away from him, and he watched her until she disappeared back inside the building before turning to Rebecca Cox.

He hadn’t seen her since she’d gone abroad a few years ago. With her light brown hair, curvy figure, and brown eyes, Rebecca was probably beautiful to some.

But not to him. Now when he saw her, he only saw the calculation behind the artful facade.

“I can’t believe you’re here.” Her smile was tentative.

“I’ll bet,” he said with heavy sarcasm.

Rebecca Cox had walked away with money his father had given her and she hadn’t once looked back.

Levi stepped past her, but she latched onto his bicep with both hands. Rather than send her to the pavement, he shot her a narrowed-eyed glare.

“I’m sorry.” She bit her lip, and Levi smirked.

When Rebecca bit her lip, it was cunning and used for seduction purposes. It was completely opposite to when Sara bit her lip. Sara chewed her bottom lip when she was nervous or shy.

“I’ve been wanting to call you for a long time,” Rebecca said.

“Oh, really now.” His tone suggested she was a liar.

“I have. I just…didn’t know what to say.”

“After taking my dad’s money and leaving me at the altar, what could you say?” His lip curled.

“It wasn’t at the altar.” Rebecca flushed and he pulled his arm from her tight grip.

“Two days before the wedding, it might as well have been the altar.”

Levi walked toward the building and she hurried along beside him.

“I…still love you!”

He spun around so fast, she plowed into him, but he didn’t catch her when she stumbled back.

“Save it. You made your choice the moment you took the money and boarded that plane.”

“But I came back,” she insisted with desperation in her voice, making the words come out higher.

“And it looks like you’ve done very well for yourself.” He ran his eyes over the two bodyguards following her and the gown she wore that probably cost as much as Sara’s dress.

Rebecca flushed and glanced away, wringing her hands.

He hadn’t minded that Rebecca hadn’t been wealthy. He hadn’t minded that she hadn’t been born with a silver spoon in her mouth. What he did mind was her betraying his trust over money.

“It’s not like that…” she begged.

Levi kept walking, he didn’t need to stay and listen to anymore of her bullshit. He would never forget the moment she had taken his father’s money and left him.

“Levi! This is not only my fault!” Rebecca called after him, but he didn’t stop.

She had been a momentary lapse in judgment, and he had made a serious mistake by proposing to her.

Rebecca was as shallow as a puddle, he reminded himself.

But she was also right… their failed relationshiphadbeen his fault. For one, he had been neglectful. He had been gone for long periods of time and left her alone. Could he really blame her for taking the easy way out?

She had taught him a valuable lesson. Marriage and a family were not in the cards for him.

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