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.

because, in his heart, Zoey was that kind of

unscrupulous in her aims.

the Haskins' with the intention of entanglement, which had pushed him

that Wendy would cin person to snatch Ozzy

who would have thought, Wendy had indeed

Zoey that night. How desperate did she have to be to storm into the Haskins' under those

face further

"Irrational."

that single word, he

front desk, he grabbed a pack of paper towels, wiping the greasy

dog carrier back to his car, placing it on the passenger

curled up, oblivious to its

cigarette, cracking the

he drove back

to give the dog away, he was left to care for it himself. The house was staffed with plenty of servants; looking after

wouldn't be an issue.

dried his

When bullying her, she was humiliated; when disliking

aggrieved.

his disbelief, she had looked

couldn't bear to meet a woman's

the initial fury of throwing the bowl. That calm

his hair, he couldn't resist calling the

case of Belinda poisoning Wendy was still under investigation. Belinda had insisted, under questioning, that

put her up to it. But when she heard

it? Nobody toldto. Why should that tramp Zoey have it

her daring to refuse is

the start."

it. Everyone would believe it was Zoey, even without evidence.