Starter Wife (The Jilted Wives Club Book 1) by Bethany Lopez (readera ebook reader TXT) 📗
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Starter Wife
The Jilted Wives Club, Book 1
Bethany Lopez
Starter Wife
Copyright 2021 Bethany Lopez
Published April 2021
eBook ISBN - 978-1-954655-02-7
Cover Design by Allison Martin
Editing by Red Road Editing / Kristina Circelli
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To anyone who’s ever had to start over…
Contents
1. Whitney
2. Luca
3. Whitney
4. Luca
5. Whitney
6. Luca
7. Whitney
8. Luca
9. Whitney
10. Luca
11. Whitney
12. Luca
13. Whitney
14. Luca
15. Whitney
16. Luca
17. Whitney
18. Luca
19. Whitney
20. Luca
21. Whitney
22. Luca
23. Whitney
24. Luca
25. Whitney
26. Luca
27. Whitney
28. Luca
29. Whitney
30. Luca
31. Whitney
32. Luca
33. Whitney
34. Luca
35. Whitney
36. Luca
37. Whitney
38. Luca
Epilogue
Untitled
Trophy Wife
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Bethany Lopez
One
Whitney
“And then I found out he was cheating on me and I couldn’t believe it … I mean, he’d left his wife for me. It just doesn’t make any sense. He’s such an asshole.”
“Now, Amber, you know we need to refrain from the negative talk.”
I refrained from rolling my eyes, but it was a serious struggle as I sat in the hard plastic seat with one hand holding a Styrofoam cup filled with day-old coffee and the other itching for my cell phone.
My therapist had recommended this group to me.
“Whitney,” she’d said. “I think you’d benefit from being around women who are going through exactly what you are …so you can see you’re not alone. Sharing your story would be beneficial for you, and them.”
I liked and trusted my therapist, so I’d given it a shot, but it hadn’t taken five minutes before I realized she’d really missed the mark with this one.
No negative talk.
No bashing your ex.
No threats against your ex, or their new significant others.
No self-flagellation.
Those were the rules…
The twenty-something currently talking couldn’t be further away from like me if she tried. The only thing we had in common was a cheating ex, but hell, I was pretty sure I had that in common with eighty percent of the population. That didn’t mean I wanted to spend an hour listening to them whine, with nothing to show for it but a sore ass and the taste of bitter coffee.
Not wanting to be rude, but needing to escape as quickly as possible, I slowly leaned down to pick up my purse, then eased out of my chair and started toward the back of the room where the table with refreshments was set up.
They had stale donuts to go with the coffee.
Hoping the leader of the group would think I was going for a refill, or maybe to the bathroom, I exited the room without looking back. When the door closed behind me, I let out a sigh of relief and turned to walk toward the exit.
“Couldn’t take it either, huh?”
I stopped, startled, and looked to the right to see two women sitting on a bench against the wall. The first had long, straight black hair and the most brilliant blue eyes I’d ever seen, while the other was small with the body of a bombshell and a smile that lit up the place.
I looked around briefly, and since I was the only other person there, deduced whoever had spoken had been speaking to me.
“Were you in the group?” I asked, throwing my thumb over my shoulder to indicate the door I’d just exited.
“Yeah, for about two seconds,” the raven-haired beauty said as she stood up, stretching well above my five-foot, six-inch frame. “Then I ran screaming from the room, knocking over blondie in my need to escape.”
With a giggle, the other woman stood up and reached out a hand.
“I’m Summer and this gorgeous Amazon is Margo.”
I accepted her hand, shaking it briefly before replying, “Whitney.”
“Recently divorced I assume,” Margo said dryly.
“Guilty.”
“Once Margo picked me up off the floor, we decided to ditch this place and start our own group. Wanna join?” Summer asked sweetly.
“Oh, I don’t know,” I replied, thinking there was no way I could handle more of what I’d just endured inside.
“There’s going to be alcohol,” Margo said, piquing my interest.
“And junk food,” Summer added, a hopeful expression on her face.
“And you can be as negative as you want. I’ll even help you plan any revenge fantasies you may have.”
I grinned at that. I could see myself really liking Margo.
“I can commit to one drink and we’ll see from there.”
“This is going to be so much fun,” Summer cooed, almost causing me to back out right then.
“There’s a place down the block, Campanella’s. They’ve got a great happy hour and it’s mostly an after-work crowd,” Margo said as she checked her phone. “We should at least be able to get two rounds in before it’s over.”
“Perfect,” I said, and headed to the door.
Once we were all outside, we turned our feet toward Campanella’s.
“So, how long have you two known each other?” I asked, pulling my
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