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

fell in the shower." His

calm, but there's

Ryan talks too much.

Alex exhales through his

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

no right

me behind without a second

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

states pulling me out of my angry thoughts and

is annoying as

When are my

1/3

"I'm fine."

hear a scoff. "You can't even sit

jaw tightens. "Then leave. No one asked you to sit

thick

and before I can

shuts off.

my head toward him,

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 why you need the TV

"Alex-"

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

my fists, hating how easily he gets under my skin. "Why

taste

ost fell

flat as you ran out

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

than they should. I hate

how to twist the knife just

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

react. Just watches me like I'm some

"You're mad," he states.

wince. He

for whatever he's about to say, but he

stands and disappears into

stare after him, confused, until he returns with a

them," he orders,

I don't move.

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