Dear ex-Wife please be mine again

Chapter 143

Daniel’s POV.

I sat in the back seat of my car, staring at the tall glass building in front of me. Christiana’s company. Her pride and joy. The place where she spent so much of her time building her dreams. She was probably in there right now, walking back and forth in her office, trying to figure out how to let me down gently

It wasn’t because my offer wasn’t good. It was perfect. It could benefit her in ways I knew she hadn’t even thought of yet. But I knew the real reason she would say no.

Alexander Alistair.

I felt my hands tighten into fists as I thought about him. That man was the reason Christiana held herself back. The reason she couldn’t fully move forward, not with me or anyone else. And it wasn’t fair.

He had abandoned her when she needed him the most. Left her completely alone while she was carrying his children, struggling to figure things out on her own. And now, just because he decided to show up again after all these years, he got to have a place in her life? Just like that?

It made me angry.

Christiana didn’t deserve that. She deserved someone who was going to stand by her no matter what. Someone who wouldn’t leave when things got tough.

She deserved me.

I let out a slow breath, leaning back against the seat. The driver glanced at me through the rearview mirror but didn’t say anything. He could probably feel the tension radiating off me. Smart man to stay quiet.

I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to calm myself down. Christiana didn’t she owed him something, probably because he was the father of her kids.

love Alex. I knew she didn’t. But she felt like

her way

softened when we eyes Still,

every time I saw her smile at me, I felt like she was trying to tell me something. The talked, the way she laughed more freely when it was just the two of us–it wasn’t just in my head. I knew she cared about me.

But she wouldn’t let herself show it. She was holding herself back because of Alex.

The thought of her choosing him, even out of some misplaced sense of duty, made my chest ache. She didn’t owe him anything. He was the one who had left her. He was the one who had turned his back on her when she needed someone most.

she crossed her arms, as if she was trying to shield herself from me. The way her voice got quieter when she mentioned Alex, like she was trying to convince herself as much

ran a hand

a while?”

Drive around the block,”

“Yes, sir.”

She had no idea how much she meant to me. Or maybe she did, but she didn’t know what to do with it. Either

difficult. I wasn’t going to let her go because of

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a delivery truck pulling away from the building. My flowers. A small smile tugged at the corner of my lips. I knew sending them was risky.

I wanted to remind her that I

in my seat, letting out another

to be patient. Christiana was

patience wasn’t going to get Alex out

her what I already knew–that she deserved better. And I was the one who could

The amber liquid swirled lazily, catching the light from the candles on the table. I could hear the sound of voices around me, the clinking

for the noise or the drink. I was here to forget…forget everything but

Christiana.

off some steam. I couldn’t think about anything else, not when she was the reason I’d played Russian Roulette more times

life

another sip of the whiskey, letting the burn settle in my throat. I wanted to feel it, wanted to feel something to drown out the ache in my chest. But no matter how

in her eyes, in the way her smile

my jaw. Alexander fucking

she

at me. I didn’t even need to hear what they had to say…I could already tell by

one of them asked, her

flat. I kept my gaze fixed on my

it. She placed her hand on the edge of the table, trying to draw me in with her