Chapter 159: Game

Summer wanted to explain, but his mocking tone stopped her. Fraser felt his blood boil when he saw her like this. He knew it was her first day at her new job, so he had come specially to surprise her. Who knew he’d see something like that—her ex-husband kneeling and begging for her forgiveness? What a surprise, indeed.

Summer thought she had completely cut things off with Trevor. He was the one who suddenly showed up today, spouting nonsense and asking for forgiveness. It wasn’t like she told him to kneel; Fraser just happened to see it. Thinking for a moment, she decided to ease the tension by starting with a lighter topic. “Why did you suddenly come here?”

Fraser lifted his gaze and gave her a glance. His voice was calm and cold. “Had a feeling early this morning that someone was sneaking around behind my back. Came over to check, and it turns out my girlfriend is really good at playing around.”

Summer felt a headache coming on. She pressed her fingers against her temple. “Fraser, can you talk properly?”

Fraser smirked sarcastically. “What? I don’t sound as gentle as him?”

Summer looked at Fraser and said steadily, “No matter how much I try to deny it, Trevor was my boyfriend. If that bothers you, there’s nothing I can do to change it.”

“Summer, so that’s your explanation?” Fraser’s gaze dropped, and his eyes turned cold.

Summer turned her head away, looking out the car window. Her lips pressed together stubbornly. “If you don’t trust me, then even if I explain, you won’t listen.”

Fraser suddenly reached out, pressing his palm against the back of her head, forcing her to face him. His cold gaze locked onto hers. “Explain properly and see if I won’t listen. Or do you just not want to explain? Are you feeling soft toward him?”

Summer struggled, but the space in the backseat was too small, and his presence completely surrounded her. “Can you stop being so childish?”

“Hah!” Fraser let out a cold laugh. “I’m childish? You don’t like seeing me, so why did you get in the car?”

Summer felt like they were both just arguing in circles. No matter what she said, it would be wrong. It was better to just let things cool down. She pushed him away, reached for the door handle, and was just about to get out when Fraser’s low and commanding voice rang from behind her. “Summer, I dare you to try stepping out of this car.”

Could this man be any more controlling! He sat there mocking her the whole time, but when she wanted to leave, he wouldn’t let her! Summer let go of the handle and sat back down, lowering her head, staring at the sapphire bracelet on her wrist.

After a moment, she turned the sapphire between her fingers and spoke slowly. “Fraser, remember when you were in Ameros? I called you and said that when you came back, we should have a proper talk.”

Fraser’s brows knitted together. He had a bad feeling about this. Just as he was about to tell her to stop talking, the next second, her clear voice echoed through the car. “I wanted to say is, let’s break up.”

The temperature in Fraser’s eyes dropped bit by bit. His gaze darkened, emotions surging and colliding within him like a raging storm. Suddenly, he reached out and gripped her jaw, his palm pressing against the side of her neck.

Summer was forced to meet his sharp gaze. For the first time, she saw such deep coldness in his stare, as if she were a complete stranger.

“This game started when I said so. Ending it isn’t up to you.”

Summer blinked, taking a while to find her voice. “Mr. Graham already has a fiancée and plenty of childhood sweethearts. Why waste your time on me?”

“Because I want to.” Fraser smirked. His face looked even more striking, and he said, “I’m not done playing with you yet.”

Hearing that, Summer laughed coldly inside. She thought that after all this time, Fraser had at least started seeing her differently. Even if he didn’t love her, maybe he liked her, even just a little. But in the end, everything he had done…was just because it made himself happy. So to him, she had always just been a game.

That’s right. Isn’t that how it all started for me too? Then why have I slowly fallen deeper and deeper into it?