Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 25

Chapter 25 ~ Because it's a fake Marriage

Chapter 25 - Because it's a fake Marriage

Athena

The door shuts and I keep my face forward, like I haven't heard him walk in.

I arrived a few hours ago with

Ryan helping me while my husband probably went to lay off some steam with the love of his life.

I tried to shower but it's been

a bitch because I'm still so sore and I almost died in there.

I imagined Ryan's face pale when he heard my scream but couldn't come in.

Alex would kill him.

My entire body is in pain but I'd rather die than show that weakness.

"How are you feeling?" His deep voice caresses my skin.

But I harden my heart and fix my face.

"Fine."

"Athena."

"I'm tired, Alex. Let me just watch TV in peace."

Silence settles

between us, heavy and suffocating. I keep my eyes glued to the screen, even though I'm not really watching. I can

feel him standing there, his

presence pressing down on me, but I refuse to look at him.

I hear him sigh, then the rustling of fabric as he moves. I expect him to leave, but

instead, he walks closer. I tense when I feel the

slightly

you almost fell in

but there's an edge

Ryan talks too much.

Alex exhales through his

sense his frustration. He doesn't like when I

has no right to

me behind without a

in a compromised position again. I understand he did it to protect Nana but couldn't he just ignore

out of my angry

is

When

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"I'm fine."

a scoff. "You can't even sit

"Then leave. No one asked you to

moment, there's silence again, thick with tension. Then, I feel

and before I

shuts off.

toward him,

leans back against the head of the couch, stretching his legs out as if he owns the place. Which, technically, he does. "If you

"Alex-"

tilts his head slightly, watching me with those cold, unreadable eyes. "But that doesn't

fists, hating how easily he gets under my skin. "Why are you even here?

taste bitter

ost fell

ran out of the hospital

wings. I'd have flown if it meant reaching

words hit harder than they

aim, how to twist the

funny about

me like I'm some puzzle he can't quite

"You're mad," he states.

I shift slightly, but the pain makes me wince.

he's about to say, but he

he stands and disappears

returns with a bottle of

he orders, holding

I don't move.

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