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,

unscrupulous in her aims.

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

idea that Wendy would cin person to snatch Ozzy seemed ludicrous, given Wendy's

thought, Wendy

wronged Zoey that night. How desperate did she have to be to storm into the Haskins' under those circumstances, Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and

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"Irrational."

that single word, he left

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

at the mess, he carried the dog carrier back to his car,

curled up, oblivious to its

lit a cigarette, cracking the window

drove back to his

left to care for it himself. The house was staffed with plenty of servants; looking

wouldn't be an issue.

suit, and as he dried his

When bullying her, she was humiliated; when disliking her,

aggrieved.

night, in his disbelief,

bear to meet a woman's

were calm, devoid of despair, except for the initial fury of throwing the bowl. That calm

hair, he couldn't resist calling the

poisoning Wendy was still

up to it. But when she heard her man was cheating

what if I did it? Nobody toldto. Why should that tramp Zoey have it better? We're both

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

the start."

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