Chapter 24 ~ For as long as it takes
Chapter 24 - For as long as it takes
Alex
"You're not paying attention to me."
Leah's voice cuts through the silence.
I don't respond. Just swirl the amber
liquid in my glass, watching the way the light catches it.
"You're distracted," she presses. "Is everything okay?"
I take a slow breath. Exhale.
"Fine."
One word. That's all she gets.
She sighs and picks up a second
glass, pouring a drink before handing it to me. I don't move to take it.
Because she touched it.
The thought sends an uncomfortable itch crawling up my spine. My fingers twitch, resisting the urge to shove it away.
She notices my hesitation, her lips parting slightly before she sets the glass down on the
table instead. I don't miss the flicker of pain concealed in her eyes.
I reach for the bottle and pour myself a new drink.
One untouched.
One clean.
Leah crosses her arms. "Still the same, huh?"
I don't answer.
She sighs, her shoulders slumping as she sits next to me and
tries to hook her arm into mine but thinks twice about it.
Smart choice.
"I'm glad I got to start over, Alex. It used to hurt when they called me the daughter of a homewrecker. Now I'm a good doctor and
that has seemed to erase some of the hatred from people's hearts."
Her voice wobbles, eyes filling with tears as she looks at me. "But
I can see you struggling, is it because of my family that you don't want to marry me?."
Three
I had my first heart attack and Leah, who was
helped me.
We clicked
her family's reputation wasn't that great but I didn't give a
I introduced her to my
didn't stop me. I was going to marry
on her way to be a talented doctor who
didn't use it against
It was perfect.
day I announced my intention to my family. I told
going to marry her when Nana had
she could be nursed back
to leave the
promised each other to reunite in
stop with the blind dates so, I
deal with their favourite
Athena Dawson.
I'd
her ten million for divorcing her in three years. We kept this a secret and
was supposed to be a simple plan. But now it
has gotten very complicated.
at her. "My grandmother is still sick, Leah.
You're the one who left
to make a deal with
as not to break my promise. Is
still not enough?"
right. I'm sorry.
I'll wait for the right time.
heard her use that word so many times but I can't seem to soak in it. I can't give her
dreams of it. And maybe I
the bitterness of it lingering long after
not the
way
shaky breath, and I look at her-really look
I'm aware of
how much we've both
gone to give her
Leah. My condition is not as bad
two weeks
I cut
at her hands.
and
2/4
want to argue with her. Not now. Not
already so complicated.
guilt gnaws at me, and I can't help but
looks at me with
I'm breaking something
"I'm just
you," she says quietly, her voice trembling. She reaches out
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