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

had my first heart attack and Leah, who was just graduating from med

helped me.

We clicked

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

my

I was

her way to be a talented doctor who

and didn't use it

It was perfect.

announced my intention to my family. I

to marry her when Nana had a heart attack.

Leah temporarily so she could be nursed back to

had to leave the

each other to reunite

wouldn't stop with the blind dates so,

with their

Athena Dawson.

I'd

ten million for divorcing her in three years. We kept this

simple plan. But now it

has gotten very complicated.

at her. "My grandmother is still sick, Leah.

her. You're

a deal with Athena so I could keep

so as not to break my

still not enough?"

I'm sorry.

the right time. I love you so much,

many times but I can't seem to soak in it. I

And

drink, the bitterness of it lingering

not the

way

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

aware of

much

can't help but wonder if it's too late for us. If she even sees it the way I do. If I'm too far gone to give her the life she dreams of. "How's your heart? You haven't had it checked in a while." She breaks the silence

is not as bad as you

two

enough." I cut her

she looks down at her hands. I

and

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I don't want to argue with her. Not now. Not

already so complicated.

at me, and I can't help but feel like

she looks at me with

breaking something inside

"I'm just

her voice trembling. She reaches out again,

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