Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 75 ~ Demands

ATHENA

"You're only sitting before me because of the respect I have for you." Alex says rudely to Ethan, who seems unbothered by his remark.

"Perks of being rich, I believe. So I trust you know why I'm here?" He responds.

Alex leans back in his chair, his eyes focused on me and dancing with so much hate it makes me shift uncomfortably,

"No I don't. Please enlighten me."

I keep my face impassive, but the weight of Alex's gaze burns through me.

He knows exactly why Ethan Sinclair is sitting across from him, yet he's playing coy, making me feel small, insignificant-like I'm not even worth acknowledging.

Rose is sitting by my side, and her lips are pressed into a thin line, showing she has so much to say but will let her husband handle it.

Ethan, however, is unfazed. He leans back casually in his chair, fingers tapping against the polished wood of Alex's desk. The room is silent except for the faint ticking of a clock mounted on the wall behind us.

"You're going to reinstate Zayan," Ethan finally says, his tone bored yet firm. "And you're going to make sure Athena isn't blacklisted from every hospital in this damn city."

Alex lets out a scoff, shaking his head as if he's amused. "And what makes you think I'd do that?" His lips curl into a sneer. “Because you asked nicely?"

Ethan eyes him, his eyes debating an answer. He has something he wants. By the look on Alex's face, he now understands.

But what could he possibly want so bad?

Ethan looks up, and a man walks over to him and passes him an envelope.

"I always wondered why you're always hung up on your ex when you had zero chemistry, so I did my homework." He passes it over to Alex, who has a locked jaw as he grabs the envelope.

I frown my brows, not understanding a word he just said.

seem a little too interested in me. Is your wife not enough?" Alex bites. A sick smile on his lips as he scans whatever is in his

Ethan laughs.

Ethan stands and buttons his jacket before stretching his hand to help Rose

towards the door

have to make whatever

looks could kill, we would all be

him with must have been

is Alex, and no one would

wonder what

up on

echo in my head

he fold just

cheek and gives me a hug before

love warms

fix myself in the seat as I remain alone with the

stretches between us long after Ethan and Rose leave, their presence lingering like a storm that just passed but left destruction

don't know how they knew I needed help but

his jaw so tight I half expect

the desk, his cold gaze snapping to me, and for the first

name with venom. "Tell me, what is it that you want?

speak but he

the desk as his sneer deepens. "You want

each other over hospital charts sharing whispered sweet nothings in the break room. You want me to make

My blood boils.

his eyes, but I don't care. The air between us is charged, his cruel words

work side by side with a man I love. And while you're at it, Alex, tell me where my son's grave

over the

flashing with something unreadable, rage, maybe, or something darker His fingers curl against the desk, the only sign that my words