Dear ex-Wife please be mine again

Chapter 79

Christiana’s POV

I sat at my desk, staring blankly at the screen in front of me. The emails blurred together, the words swimming in and out of focus as my mind drifted to the one place I had been trying to avoid since yesterday morning. Alex.

It had been less than twenty–four hours, but the memory of hit still remained like a shadow I couldn’t shake. My fingers hovered over the keyboard, trying to focus on drafting the proposal for my next exhibition. But every time I blinked, I was back in that bed, naked, tangled in sheets, with him beside me.

1 shook my head, straightening my back. Focus, Christiana.

But how could I? After everything that happened yesterday… Sunday morning had started with me waking up beside my ex- husband. A man I hadn’t seen in years, who had left me to raise our children alone. And yet, somehow, there I was, making love to him. Five times

I rubbed my temples, frustration bubbling up. How did I let it get that far? How could I have been so weak?

“Christiana” Grace’s voice broke through my thoughts, making me jump.

“Yes?” I quickly turned toward her, trying to compose myself.

“Just checking in on the artwork deliveries. Everything’s scheduled for the end of the week. I need you to sign off on this.” she said, placing a stack of papers on my desk

“Right, of course. Just… give me a moment,” I muttered, avoiding her curious glance, Grace had worked with me long enough to know something was off, but thankfully, she didn’t pry

into my hands. I didn’t want to think about Alex, didn’t want to feel anything about what had

familiar yet foreign at the same time, it all came rushing back in vivid, painful detail. I clenched my fists, trying to push it down, but it wasn’t working. The memories replayed like a movie

“Why did you let him get that close again? I had been fine for years. Fine without him. Fine raising our children on my own. Fine building my career without his

my thoughts. Igrabbed it, hoping for a distraction, anything to take

Alex

screaming at hip, telling him to leave as if 1 didn’t care about w had happened between us. But the truth was, I cared too much. That’s what scared me. I couldn’t let him back into my life, not after the way he had hurt me. Not after he had walked away from me and the kids without looking

the phone down. A wave of guilt washed over me, but I refused to pick

right thing, Christiana. He doesn’t deserve to be part of your

on the picture frame on the corner of my desk,

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Chapter 79

I would never let him hurt me or my children. again.

did I let him back in?” I muttered under my breath, running my hand through my hair in frustration. “Why

but it only made me feel sick to my stomach. He had no right to walk back into

the sound echoing in the empty room. My breaths were shaky, and I could feel the tears threatening to spill, but I wouldn’t let them. Not now.

eyes cautious. “Christiana, the