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“It’d be hella nice if I got one, yeah.” Ethan said with a chuckle, always downplaying stuff. It was his coping mechanism and no matter how many times he was told he should come off with seriousness about certain topics, he kept choosing what was easiest for him. Wasn’t that adulthood? Doing what seemed less stressful to avoid adding more shit to the pile? At least that was the way Ethan saw it. And he didn’t have to pretend otherwise with Liana; it might have been years since their friendship was put on hold but this woman right here was still his best friend and the woman he loved and pine after.
“Two years…” Ethan mused after her, with hesitation and curiosity in his voice, waiting for Liana to finish the sentence. He frowned at what came next. She divorced Lex?” When she pretended to care more for the menu instead of looking at him, Ethan tolted his head, his frown becoming a scowl and he actually gaped when the redhead said the fucking asshole chetead on her. “I can’t fucking…” He shook his head and pressed his lips on a tight line. “Fucking piece of shit.” He growled, a little too loud for a few people around to look at him. “I knew he’d fuck up. I knew it.” It wasn’t probably what Liana needed to hear but Ethan’s grudge against her hus-ex-husband was big. “Fucker. I’d go kick his fucking ass. I’ll go and kick his ass.” He corrected himself as hhe tapped his hand against the table while he shook his head. “Wait, and the kids?”
Liana did not have to pull her gaze from the menu to feel the scowl that grew on Ethan’s face. Had it been a surprise that Liana and Lex had finally divorced? Perhaps to some it had been a surprise... but it seemed that the concept had not been a farfetched idea with Ethan as he expressed his anger toward the situation. Liana mere shrugging it off. Their divorce had been finalized and there wasn’t much to do about it now. Liana could not go back in time and decide what needed to be done to prevent such happenings... but she shouldn’t have been the one looking to prevent his affair anyway. Lex was a grown man who made choices and had to suffer the consequences. Regardless of the situation they still ended up spending time together. Holidays, birthdays, family gatherings....
“You two have been saying you’ll kick each other’s asses for years,” Liana said with a dry laugh and waved her hand at Ethan and his anger as if it wasn’t happening. His follow up question caused her to pause, a sigh falling from her lips as she hesitated to answer. “They... are with him,” she said after a moment and set the menu on the table, finally making eye contact with him. “Theo is... legally an adult. He kind of comes and goes as he pleases. He’s actually living in Lex’s apartment,” Liana continued with a wry laugh. After Liana kicked Lex out of their home together he had taken up residence in an apartment which their son was now residing in. “Ava hates me,” Liana said firmly, pressing her lips together. “She, well, she loves her father.” A shrug came and went as if it was a nonchalant subject. “She blames me for the divorce which... She’s not entirely wrong. I was the one who asked for one and I was the one who kicked him out of the house.” What Liana failed to mention were the various threats of violence that she had made against Lex at the time. “As for the baby,” she continued, “He’s 5 now and we kind of... decided that uprooting him wasn’t going to be helpful. That’s just kind of where we are now.”







