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.

his heart, Zoey was that kind

unscrupulous in her aims.

Haskins' with the intention of

would cin person to snatch Ozzy seemed ludicrous, given Wendy's top-tier

would have thought,

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"Irrational."

single word, he left with the dog

grabbed a pack of paper towels, wiping the greasy

dog carrier back to his car, placing it

quiet, curled

Fitch lit a cigarette, cracking the

two cigarettes, he drove back to

left to care for it himself. The house was

wouldn't be an issue.

into a fresh suit, and as he dried his hair, he thought of the way

her, she was humiliated; when disliking her,

aggrieved.

night, in his disbelief, she

he couldn't bear to meet a woman's gaze; her heartbreak

calm, devoid of despair, except for the

hair, he couldn't

Belinda poisoning Wendy was still under investigation. Belinda

when she heard her

I did it? Nobody toldto. Why should that tramp Zoey have it better?

good fortune; her daring to refuse is laughable. She must be after my man, that bad

the start."

Everyone would believe it