Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

She couldn't even be bothered to utter the word "leave"; instead, she turned her head towards the window, pretending he wasn't

there.

Fitch's forehead was reddened from the splash of soup, and his temper, already on a short fuse, was being forcibly contained.

He wanted to explode, but seeing her so much thinner, and remembering the slap from the night before, he swallowed his anger.

"I've left the dog here."

As he finished speaking, Zoey cracked another smile.

"Take your dog and get out."

"Zoey!"

His tone grew stern, his features hardened, but her next words froze him in place.

"Mr. Haskins, are you going to slapagain?"

Fitch stood motionless, something piercing sharply through his heart amidst the dull ache.

He held the dog carrier, suddenly finding himself without a comeback.

To others, Zoey had appeared unhinged the night before, especially after dousing Wendy with boiling water. Without intervention,

who knew what she might have done?

It was a moment of desperation.

He had never been one to hit women.

realized he had no defense because, in his heart, Zoey was that kind of woman

unscrupulous in her aims.

believed she had gone to the Haskins' with the intention of entanglement, which

idea that Wendy would cin person to snatch

would have thought, Wendy had indeed done

to be to storm into the Haskins' under those circumstances, Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access

to face further

"Irrational."

word, he left

the front desk, he grabbed a pack of paper

a frown at the mess, he carried the dog carrier back to his car, placing it

was quiet, curled up,

no reason, Fitch lit a cigarette, cracking the window to avoid smoking

cigarettes, he drove back

away, he was left to care for it himself. The house was staffed with plenty

wouldn't be an issue.

fresh suit, and as he dried his hair, he

for Zoey's expressions before. When bullying her,

aggrieved.

night, in his disbelief, she had looked shocked,

time, he couldn't bear to meet a woman's gaze;

the initial fury of throwing

his hair, he couldn't resist

was still under investigation. Belinda

heard her man was cheating again, she

Why should that tramp Zoey have it better? We're both women; shouldn't she suffer

her was her good fortune; her daring to refuse is laughable. She must be after my

the start."

Wendy, said Zoey madedo it. Everyone would believe it was Zoey, even without evidence. They'd still