Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 105 ~ I don't want to!

ATHENA

"Thank you for everything, Noah, I really mean it." I reach over and squeeze his hand.

He flashes me his handsome smile, "You know I'd do anything for you. Now go in there before I'm forced to say what I'm not supposed to."

I shake my head at that threat and lean over, I place a small kiss on his cheek, and then I rush into the hospital, feeling better than I felt when I left Alex's office.

Months back, he and Zayan have been trying to get me to go out on a date, but I think that will just ruin what we already have, so it's better for us to only be friends. "There she is!" lan flashes me his eye shutting smile and my cheeks warm.

"Dr. Quin." I nod, mirroring his smile.

"Come with me." He says as he starts walking towards the office and I frown.

lan rarely calls me to his office, and with how he's mostly smiling, you never know what bomb he's about to drop.

We step into his office, and I close the door behind me, still trying to figure out if I should be nervous or not. Ian gestures for me to sit, but he doesn't take his seat. He just stands there, hands in his pockets, rocking slightly on his heels like he's trying to find the right words.

"lan?" I prompt, my brows furrowing. "You're kind of freaking me out."

He laughs lightly, but there's something off in his eyes. "Sorry. I didn't mean to be dramatic, I just... needed a moment to word this right."

My chest tightens. "Is it about a patient?"

"No," he says quickly. "Not exactly."

I stare at him, waiting.

"It's about your parents, Athena." he finally says. "They were the best in this field, and I know they were working on a drug."

Everything in me goes still.

My hands go cold.

quickly and add

he

I'm not going to admit something I

lan sighs.

on Alex when he had his first heart attack." He drops the bomb, making all my

tells him all he

didn't know he was born

my mind struggling to process

a heart attack? And that drug,

my

folding his hands on the desk in front of him. "I figured as much. Not even his parents know. Only him, Luca me and Leah know

of Leah. Of course, she knew she

the drug on him. That's why Alex wanted to marry her. Thinking his weakness would

he loves

five years I've known him, you're the only woman he's ever looked at with longing eyes. Now I know you guys have some shit going on, but I

What?

ask. Ignoring the statement, he just shoved down my throat, which is choking me as

watches me but doesn't push

About your parents. About the formula. And more recently, about

slightly as the adrenaline

gaze,

But I do know this, news in the upper circle will spread, and everyones eyes will be

to keep you out of it but I moved you to work closely with me. SOI wanted you to

to decide whether

be part

you to know this will be dangerous, so I'll hold

to not be

nails dig into my palms

This is too much.

parents. The drug. Alex. Leah. And now