Dear ex-Wife please be mine again

Chapter 40

Alexander POV

The door opened again, and for a split second, I thought Bianca had come back for round two. But it was just James, my PA.. standing there with a concerned expression. “Is everything okay, sir?” he asked cautiously, clearly having heard the tail end of the argument.

“Yeah,” I said, leaning back with a tired sigh. “It’s better than it’s been in a long time.” I gave him a small, reassuring smile, but James didn’t look entirely convinced. He closed the door gently behind him and approached with a sense of caution, as if one wrong word might set off another explosion.

“Bianca seemed.. upset,” he noted, his voice was laced with hesitation

I let out a dry laugh. “That’s an understatement. But she’s finally out of my life–for good this time.”

James’s eyes widened slightly in surprise. “For good?”

I nodded firmly. “It’s done. I made it clear there’s nothing left between us. She can’t keep trying to force her way back in.”

He’d seen enough of the chaos Bianca brought into my life. “That’s good, sir. I think it’s for

a lingering ache in my chest. “It is. I just… I need to move forward. And that starts with cutting out the things that were

was too professional to pry directly, but I could

need from me, sir?” he asked, shifting

elbows on my knees. “No, just give me a bit of time to clear my head. I need to figure out my next

lingered for a moment, clearly debating whether to say something more, but then he simply nodded. “Of course. I’ll be in

behind him, leaving me alone with my thoughts once again. The silence settled. over me like a heavy blanket, the reality of what just happened slowly sinking in. Bianca was truly out of my life this time, but instead of feeling the

look on her face when she saw me at the restaurant haunted me–shock, anger, disappointment. It was as if she was staring at a ghost,

with everything. My life was a mess, spiraling out of control. And

had tried to act like everything was normal, like she could just waltz back into my life as if nothing had changed. But everything had changed. I wasn’t the same man I was when we first met–hell, I wasn’t even the same man I

living a life that felt like it was spiraling out of my control. For the first time in a long time, I wanted something real. Not the polished image Bianca

life, and she deserved better than the chaos I’d dragged her into before. She

with someone else–especially someone like Daniel–ate away at me. It was irrational, but I couldn’t help it. She was the one

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