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.

in his

unscrupulous in her aims.

the intention of entanglement, which had pushed

person to snatch Ozzy seemed ludicrous, given Wendy's

would have thought, Wendy had indeed done

Zoey that night. How desperate did she have to be to storm into the Haskins' under those circumstances, Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website

to face

"Irrational."

that single word, he

pack of paper towels, wiping the greasy

frown at the mess, he carried the dog carrier back to

was quiet, curled up, oblivious to

cracking the window to avoid smoking

drove

give the dog away, he was left to care for it himself. The house

wouldn't be an issue.

fresh suit, and as he dried his hair, he thought of the way Zoey had looked

Zoey's expressions before. When bullying her, she was humiliated; when

aggrieved.

night, in his disbelief, she

the first time, he couldn't bear to meet a woman's gaze; her heartbreak

except for the

he couldn't resist calling the

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

But when she heard her man was cheating again,

that tramp Zoey have it better? We're both women;

refuse

the start."

said Zoey madedo it. Everyone would believe it was Zoey, even