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 heart,

unscrupulous in her aims.

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

Wendy would cin person to snatch Ozzy seemed ludicrous,

would have thought, Wendy had indeed

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

to face further

"Irrational."

word, he

grabbed a pack of paper towels, wiping the greasy soup off

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

pup was quiet, curled up, oblivious to its

Fitch lit a cigarette, cracking

drove

left to care for it himself. The house was

wouldn't be an issue.

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

her, she was

aggrieved.

last night, in his disbelief, she

the first time, he couldn't bear to meet a woman's

the

hair, he couldn't resist

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

up to it. But when she heard her man

that tramp

fortune; her daring to refuse is laughable. She

the start."

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