Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 82

Chapter 82 ~ Starting today!

ATHENA

My heart stutters. That voice.

Even if the years had dulled it, even if time had blurred every echo of that night, I'd still recognize it anywhere.

Leah.

The last time I saw her, she was standing in the doorway of my apartment with Alex's child in her arms.

Rubbing it in my face that she had what I could never give him even if I tried.

I looked at the child for the first time, and my heart shattered. He was the spitting image of Alex with his eyes.

I shut the door in her face and applied to work in the furthest hospital I could find.

And now, she's here.

Why is she here?

Dressed in a tailored navy-blue suit with a white coat, her hair pulled back in a bun that does nothing to soften the features on her face.

doctors, clearly a surgical team, all in identical white coats, all standing like soldiers in

smug expression I remember curls on her lips as she stops just a few

she expected to find in

to let my face betray the chaos ripping through

heard, Leah was supposed to be climbing the ranks at that prestigious city hospital; the one Alex was

because I was too busy

mother

but seeing this blonde is standing in front of me, tells me I'll have to change the

Alex finally

a ring but see nothing. But then again, most surgeons don't wear

and I force

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

of course, doesn't care about either of those

in your ER," she says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Didn't- expect the excitement to

She tilts her head.

her smile widens into a cruel grin, "you'll be completely out of line by the time

My stomach tightens.

the anger

what I had to do to save a life," I reply evenly. "If that's out of

her exchange surprised glances, but Leah doesn't

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