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

heart attack and Leah, who

helped me.

We clicked

but I didn't give a shit about that. I liked her and I wasn't

my family, they weren't

me. I was going to

to

didn't use it against

It was perfect.

I announced my intention to my family. I told them

her when Nana had a heart

temporarily so she could be nursed back

to leave the

promised each other to reunite

stop with the

with their

Athena Dawson.

I'd

in three years. We kept this a secret and played the role of husband

be a simple

has gotten very complicated.

grandmother is still sick, Leah.

divorced her. You're

ago, and I had to make a deal with Athena

not to break my promise. Is

still not enough?"

sorry. I

the right time. I love

times but I can't seem

And maybe I

bitterness of it lingering long after

not the

way

a shaky breath, and I look at her-really look at

I'm aware of how

much we've

far gone to give her the life she dreams of. "How's your heart? You haven't had it

My condition is not as bad as you make it

two

I cut

down at her hands. I

and

2/4

with her. Not now.

already so complicated.

can't help but feel like I'm drowning

at me with

I'm breaking something

"I'm just

says quietly, her voice trembling. She reaches out again, but this

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