Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 24

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,

helped me.

We clicked

her family's reputation wasn't that great but I didn't give a shit about that. I liked her and

I introduced her to my

I was going

her way to

and didn't use it against

It was perfect.

intention

marry her when Nana

back to health. But

had to leave

each other to reunite in

with the blind

with

Athena Dawson.

I'd

her in three years. We kept this a secret and played the

be a simple plan. But now it looks

has gotten very complicated.

"My grandmother is

You're the one who left

and I had to make a deal with Athena so I could keep

wife, so as not to break my promise.

still not enough?"

sorry.

the right time. I

that word so many times but I can't seem to soak in it. I can't give her

of it. And maybe I never

stay quiet, sipping my drink, the bitterness of it lingering long after it's

not the

way

breath, and I look at her-really look at her-and for the

I'm aware

much we've both

her the life she dreams of. "How's your heart? You haven't had it checked in a while." She breaks the silence and I sigh, placing my drink on the

My condition is not as bad as you make

two

enough." I cut her

together as she looks down at

and

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don't want to argue with her.

already so complicated.

me, and I can't help but

looks at me

I'm breaking something inside

"I'm just

quietly, her voice trembling. She

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