Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 ~ Humiliated

Chapter 9 Humiliated

Alex

"I love you."

Three words.

I've heard them countless times before-soft, warm, and filled with sincerity. Mum

and Dad say it to each other. Mum and

Granny say it to me all the time.

But hearing them come out of Leah's mouth the other night?

It made my skin crawl.

It sounded foreign, misplaced like it didn't belong

between us. It didn't settle in my chest the way it was

supposed to. Instead, it made something tighten, something itch beneath my skin.

I pulled away. Not obviously.

Just enough to create distance, enough that I could breathe without feeling suffocated by the weight of words I wasn't ready to hear. And that's when I noticed her.

Athena

Running.

Her black long hair whipped behind her, her pace quick. The way she left- like she was running from something-made my jaw

clench.

I had wondered for the past three days but since I had been busy with work I barely saw her. But seeing and hearing those remarks told me one thing.

My wife was jealous and I liked it.

Which is bullshit because I shouldn't like anything that has to do with her.

Athena Dawson.

The name alone makes my blood boil these days. I

roll my shoulders, trying to shake off the frustration, but it lingers, simmering beneath my skin.

Her attitude. Her rebellion. The way she suddenly changed overnight.

She's testing my patience, and it's driving me insane.

We had a deal.

Three years.

Just three years

of marriage before we could go our separate ways. That was the agreement. I needed her, she needed me-

it was

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mutual.

now? She's

be the right one for me.

She's kind. She's

was proof

tightened and

she was the one who stayed and made sure

calmed me down,

told a single

woman but I did

give her back her

must be because she had been away for

Ryan didn't let anyone in. That's why I like her. She

change the

Athena had the audacity to walk in, looking

cheating, like I had betrayed

hadn't even touched

Maybe I should have.

sharply, running a hand through

need to divorce

to

shouldn't. It's making

can't afford to

opening of my door makes

aback by a tear-streaked

standing to check if she

clothes are a

down her face. Her shoulders shake, her hands

sniffles.

moves like she's about to run straight into my

take a step

Fuck

I don't know why.

Maybe It's instinct.

But the

she freezes, fresh hurt flashing across

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hiccups.

"What?"

a homewrecker." Her voice trembles. "And then- she slapped me, Alex. She hit me. And-and she tried to

over with her car."

mind racing.

been reckless, stupid even, but to hit Leah?

she whispers, her voice breaking.

her then, really look at her.

shaky breaths, a vulnerability that makes my guilt punch me in the

me?" Her voice

to know how much

of my mouth. A part

be sure. I grab a tissue from my table

takes it, her fingers

back

is wrong

press my button and ask Ryan for the footage. She

lost

So

since her memory seems to

Athena laughs.

to you?" She lets out a sharp

with something bitter, something

so much that

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