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

lips as she stops just a few

a specimen she expected to find in the trash but discovered alive

my face betray the chaos ripping through my

the ranks at that prestigious city hospital; the

chance to reach because I was too busy trying to

legendary, and my mother talked about his father all the time. The family that changed the world

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

finally

see nothing. But then again, most

mind spirals, and I force it to

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

of course, doesn't care about either

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

She tilts her head.

on shift. I'm afraid," her smile widens into a cruel grin, "you'll be completely out of line

My stomach tightens.

fear but from the anger boiling in my

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

surprised glances, but Leah doesn't flinch. She takes another slow step

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