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 beside

almost fell in the

but there's an edge

Ryan talks too much. Fire him

Alex exhales through his

He doesn't like

has no

left me behind without a

about us with a straight face, putting me in a compromised position again. I understand he did it to protect Nana but couldn't he

out of

truly is annoying

maybe I'm just angry. When are my

1/3

"I'm fine."

"You can't

one

there's silence again, thick with tension. Then,

the remote, and before I can react, the

shuts off.

whip my head toward him, glaring. "What

leans back against the head of the couch, stretching his legs out as if he owns the place. Which, technically, he does. "If you don't want to talk, then

"Alex-"

a brat? Fine." He tilts his head slightly, watching me with

he gets under my skin. "Why are

taste bitter coming

ost fell

flat as you ran out of the

have wings. I'd have flown if it

hit harder than they

where to aim, how to twist the

laugh, though there's nothing funny about this. "At least

doesn't react. Just watches me like I'm some puzzle

"You're mad," he states.

me wince. He notices. Of course, he does. His eyes darken, his

he's about to say, but he

he stands and

him, confused, until he returns with a bottle of painkillers and

orders,

I don't move.

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