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

unscrupulous in her aims.

she had gone to the Haskins' with the intention of entanglement, which

to snatch

would have thought, Wendy had indeed

did she have to be to storm into the Haskins' under those circumstances, Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on

face further

"Irrational."

single word, he

of paper towels, wiping the

he carried the dog carrier back

quiet, curled up, oblivious to

a cigarette, cracking the window to avoid smoking out the

drove back

to care for it himself. The house was staffed

wouldn't be an issue.

suit, and as he dried his hair, he thought

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

aggrieved.

disbelief,

the first time, he couldn't bear to meet

for the initial fury of throwing the bowl.

his hair, he couldn't resist calling the

case of Belinda poisoning Wendy was still under investigation. Belinda

But when she heard her man was cheating again, she threw

it? Nobody toldto. Why should that tramp Zoey have it better? We're both women; shouldn't she

fancying her was her good fortune; her daring to refuse is laughable. She must be

the start."

Zoey madedo it. Everyone would believe it was