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 making it

the right

She's kind. She's

was

chest tightened

who stayed and made sure I stabilized. She

who calmed me down, it's been

a single

woman but I did it for

I'll give her back her

confused feelings must be because she had

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

change

Athena had the audacity to walk

was cheating, like I had

even touched

Maybe I should have.

exhale sharply, running a

need to

mess-it's getting to me. It's making

things I shouldn't. It's making me

can't afford to

rough opening of my door makes my

aback by a

happened to you?" I ask, standing to check

clothes are

her mascara is running down her face. Her shoulders

sniffles.

she moves like she's about to run straight into my

a step

Fuck

I don't know why.

Maybe It's instinct.

the

freezes, fresh hurt flashing across her face before she

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hiccups. "Athena-she

"What?"

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

over with her car."

exhale slowly, my mind racing. That doesn't sound

she's been reckless, stupid even, but to hit Leah? To run her

she whispers, her voice breaking. "You've

at her then, really look

breaths, a vulnerability that makes my guilt punch me in the fucking guts. This is all me. "I'll check

me?" Her voice sounds

to know how

slips out of my mouth.

sure. I grab a tissue from

it, her

pull back like she just shocked me with

fuck is wrong

button and ask Ryan for the footage. She

lost

So

her since her memory seems to be

Athena laughs.

to you?" She

something bitter, something

me so much that I close the

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