Just a Couple Ex's Blindsided by S. Anders Page B

the world.
    “I want a divorce, you tramp!”
    Liv hung onto Axel’s shoulders as Andrew’s bellowed voice sounded somewhere behind them. She continued to kiss Axel deeply, however Axel broke apart their kissing lips.
    “ What the hell did you call her?” Axel’s voice was a suppressed shout as he held onto her with his arm curled over her shoulders.
    “She’s cheating!” Andrew exclaimed, and he tried to grab her shoulder, but Axel swung her away.
    Then Kiki, who had run up to them, asked in a shrill voice, “Are you really sleeping with her, Axel?”
    When Liv looked at Axel’s stony features, she saw his bottom lip curl upward. “Are you sleeping with him? ” Axel’s head tilted toward Andrew.
    Kiki gasped, shaking her head with no sound, while Andrew blurted, “We’re business partners, not screwing like you two are. My lawyer is going to love this!”
    Liv felt shock running through her. Her husband was an ass. She so wanted to swing her hand up and slap him.
    “Kiki?” Axel demanded.
    Kiki clamped her hands to her mouth, and Liv saw tears starting in her eyes, and through her fingers, Kiki wailed, “How could you, Axel? With her!”
    Liv felt the slam inside her gut, and she wondered why she gave a damn what Kiki Savvi thought about anything .
    Liv could hear Axel growling under his breath as he squeezed her shoulders a bit tightly. “You two are unbelievable,” Axel uttered, and he pressed her shoulders with the motion to move.
    “Have fun with your plans,” Liv hissed, as she walked by Andrew, who was looking angry but shrewd. Then at her words, he looked sly. But what he didn’t look like, and what shot more pain through her — was he didn’t look like a man devastated he was losing his wife.
    Kiki on the other hand was sobbing dramatically. “You can’t go off with her, Axel. We need to talk!” she wailed, running after their retreat to Axel’s car.
    “Kiki, come here!” Andrew demanded, and Liv saw over Axel’s stiff shoulder that Andrew tried to stop Kiki and haul her back toward his roadster.
    However, Kiki broke free, crying, “Just leave me alone, Andrew!” Then she ran on her heels toward Axel, exclaiming, “Please, honey, he made me do it! Just listen to me!”
    Liv heard another incensed growl from Axel as they stopped by the passenger door of his car. Liv could understand Kiki’s dilemma ... she’d take Axel over Andrew too.
    Axel stood with one hand braced on the top edge of the car’s roof, while his other hand cupped the far side of her waist. Liv gazed at him as he stared down at the pavement. She knew he couldn’t see Kiki’s headlong sprint towards him, but he must have known it was coming. Then Kiki was in his space, and Liv backed away as he released his hold on her waist. Kiki practically climbed up Axel’s broad, sturdy chest.
    Liv felt more pain catching her throat and she looked away.
    “ Please , baby,” she heard Kiki pleading. “He made me. Let me tell you.”
    The most satisfaction Liv received from what was happening was seeing Andrew’s face. The bastard was crushed, but of course he was too arrogant to grovel. He just stalked to his roadster and got in, slamming the door shut. Seconds later he sped away. She lifted her gaze and she saw a couple getting out of a cab, in front of the restaurant.
    At that same moment, she heard Axel saying, “Tell me how he forced you.”
    Painfully, Liv closed her eyes, then she scooted toward the cab.
    “Take me home, Axel! It’s a long story, baby,” Kiki cried.
    Liv heard Kiki’s cried words just as she made it to rap on the cabbies window. She knew there was like only two cabs in town, and she wondered about fate letting there be one right in front of her, in her time of need.
    “Liv!” Axel called. But she ignored his call, hurrying around the cab to pull open the back door. When she looked up over the roof of the cab, Kiki was still hanging off Axel, but he looked anguished and torn. “Liv!”
    She