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

dip slightly beside

almost fell in the shower."

there's an edge

much.

Alex exhales through his

I can sense his frustration. He doesn't like when I dismiss

no

when he left me behind

face, putting me in a compromised position again. I understand he did it to protect Nana but couldn't he just ignore her question? It's

states pulling me out of my angry thoughts

is

When are my periods

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"I'm fine."

a scoff. "You

tightens. "Then leave. No one asked you to sit here and

a moment, there's silence again, thick with tension.

the remote, and before

shuts off.

whip my head toward him,

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 I don't see

"Alex-"

act like a brat? Fine." He tilts his head slightly, watching me with those cold, unreadable

gets under my skin. "Why are you

words taste bitter

ost fell

flat as you ran out

bad I don't have wings. I'd have flown if it meant reaching her

than they

exactly where to aim, how

though there's nothing funny about this. "At least you admit

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

"You're mad," he states.

I shift slightly, but the pain makes me wince. He notices. Of course,

myself for whatever he's about to say, but

a word, he stands and disappears into the

returns with a bottle of painkillers and a

orders,

I don't move.

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