Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 92 ~ A box

ATHENA

My breath catches.

"What?" I whisper. My fingers tighten around the strap of my bag as suspicion, curiosity, and confusion tangle in my chest.

"That doesn't make sense..." What kind of task?"

He doesn't smile, but there's something soft in his eyes. "They knew you'd be here at one point. Your mother planned this visit down to the year. She said you'd come when you were ready."

I stare at him, finding the whole ideal ridiculous, "I have been coming here every year-"

"Except last year." He interrupts me, and my heart jumps to my throat.

Is he a stalker?

Everything inside me screams to be cautious, but something else, a deeper pull, urges me forward. The way he said their names.

The certainty in his voice

Call it a hunch or stupidity, but I feel like I can trust him.

"Where are we going?" I ask, my voice quieter now.

He exhales slowly, almost like he's relieved I didn't walk away. "Just a short walk. There's a box... in my car. Your parents left it for you."

I hesitate for a beat longer, then slowly nod, my heart pounding loud in my ears. This is how people end up dead.

"Okay,” I say, my voice sounding more stable than I feel. "But if this is some kind of-"

cuts in

twice, I'm

down the cemetery path, leaves crunching beneath our steps, I can't help but feel

stops beside an old black sedan parked beneath the shade of an oak

feels...

carefully and pulls out a medium-sized box wrapped in aged leather and secured with

gently on the hood of the

it, my heart racing, unsure whether

like a

I'm feeling pretty much the opposite, so

I finally ask, my voice trembling. "Why you? Why not family? A lawyer? Someone I actually

be known. Your parents hired me when

family photos, Athena. I was behind them. Always watching. Always protecting. You

bodyguard? A secret task? Why

distant. "They were working on something: revolutionary.

stop hereditary

and it could reset the heart's rhythm permanently. No

him, stunned. "That's...

people funding it? They saw dollar

The investors didn't. They wanted control, patents, and profits. When your parents refused

were killed," I whisper, the truth

doesn't answer, but

I lean against the

told me it was a flood

opportunity and

digging too soon, I stayed in the shadows