Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 146

ALEX

I glance at her. She's staring out the window again, her voice light like she's

making a joke, but she's not smiling. Which means she's seriously thinking this through.

She just looks... tired. Fragile. Far away. I bet she doesn't even realize what she's said.

But I do.

My hands tighten around the wheel.

My throat dries out, and for a moment, I forget how to breathe.

She thinks I'm him.

She thinks I'm that fucker Zayan.

Just what has he been doing that has made her want to be with him. Even my stupid cousin doesn't come this close.

Is that why she allowed me to hug her?

I want to say something, correct her. But the words get lodged in my throat like glass shards.

If I tell her the truth right now, if I remind her of who I am. Won't that bring back everything she just went through... would I be helping her or hurting her more?

Thinking this whole thing through, I decide it's best to stay silent as I continue to drive.

But as the silence stretches, the pain sharpens, like a blade twisting slowly in my chest.

They say breaking bones is the worst kind of pain.

They're wrong.

They've clearly never heard the woman they love whisper another man's name in her most vulnerable moment.

Love.

Is this what it feels like?

A burning feeling which squeezes your heart so tight, it feels like you'll never breathe right again.

I grit my teeth and keep my eyes on the road, like that'll stop the storm inside me.

She shifts beside me, tugging the blanket higher. I should say something. Anything. But all that comes out is silence.

I wish I could hate Zayan right now. I wish I could blame this on him completely.

But a part of me knows he was there when I wasn't. He stood by her when I pushed her away.

Still, that name coming from her lips...

It's a fucking stab to my heart.

I've never been so fucking jealous of anyone like I am of him right now.

head

you for coming

I open my mouth, the truth will come spilling out,

left holding her

now, she

Not confusion.

Not pain.

Not me.

grip the wheel

do anything for

holding in the pain of

familiar street past the neon lights until I reach the little takeout place she always

rembered

be when

the funny

I'd do anything to have her ask me to bring her here

that stupidly spicy soup that makes

her sleeping in the passenger seat, with the engine still running and the heat on low. She's curled up under

so beautiful it hurts

for my order, I rush into the boutique next door and buy some warm clothes for me

done

rush back to the car with the food still warm in

filling the car.

when I set

doesn't wake

the engine and drive to her

reach the underground packing

food in one hand and unlock her door with the

key card and

we are in, I place her gently on the couch before shaking

whisper, "You need to take a quick hot bath since you were

you?"

want to bathe with me?" I ask her, keeping my voice leveled

I smile, releasing the breath

Good girl.

me get

adjusting the temperature just how she likes

keeps under the

the

realize I know so much

my heart has always been

is now just catching

out, she's sitting cross-legged, hugging

bath's ready," I

up at

"Thanks...."

nod, stepping back. But as she walks past, I almost say

already bathed you before. No

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