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, 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

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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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