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.

by six doctors, clearly a surgical team, all in identical

smug expression I remember curls on her lips as

muses, her eyes trailing over me like I'm a specimen she expected to find in the trash

the chaos ripping through my

ranks

never got a chance to reach because I was

and my mother talked about his father all the time.

that up and work at a local hospital for the sake of peace but seeing this blonde is standing

Alex finally

a ring but see nothing. But then

and I force it

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

of course, doesn't care about

told there was an interesting case in your ER," she says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Didn't- expect the excitement to come

She tilts her head.

All after an hour on shift. I'm afraid," her smile widens into a

My stomach tightens.

from fear but from the anger boiling in my

save a life," I reply evenly. "If that's out of line, then

of the doctors behind her exchange surprised glances, but Leah doesn't flinch. She

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