Page 33 of Season of Mercy
Compassion stirred in Ethan’s heart, but his mind searched frantically to resolve the situation. “It didn’t work out between us. Please accept that. I have to leave.” He tried to walk around her.
“No!” Leah moved with him, not letting him pass. “I won’t let you discard me like some piece of trash.”
Ethan would never physically hurt a woman. He needed to somehow persuade Leah to leave. “Please respect my marriage. I love my wife.”
“Oh, really?” Leah laughed as she got dangerously close to him, the strong scent of her perfume attacking his nostrils. “Your feelings never last. And I know she lives in yourguesthouse. What kind of wife is that?”
“One I’m crazy about. This conversation is over.” Ethan enunciated every word.
Before he could step back, Leah wrapped her arms around him and planted a kiss on his lips. Of all the audacity! The sound of the door opening told him there was another visitor.
He jumped back, anger at Leah boiling his insides.
Then Ethan realized who the second visitor was.
Mercy stood inside his office with her mouth twisted, a shocked and hurt expression in her eyes. “I can’t believe it!”
His heart sinking to the floor, he hurried to his wife. “It’s not what it looks like. I can explain.”
Her hurt expression deepened, knifing his heart.
Mercy shook her head and stormed out.
CHAPTER SIX
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MERCY FORCED HERSELFTO PRESS on the brake pedal to slow down. She couldn’t drive like a maniac, because she had to think about Stevie.
Hot tears ran down her cheeks as she navigated her car along the downtown streets. At first, she hadn’t wanted to believe the anonymous text she’d received.
Your husband is cheating on you behind your back. He’s meeting her at his office right now.
But after several minutes of pacing the living room floor, jealousy had gotten the best of her. She’d climbed inside her car and had floored the gas pedal to the office.
When she’d seen two vehicles in the parking lot, one of them Ethan’s, her heart had dropped.
