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.

leans her head

coming to get

mouth, the truth will come

left holding her

now, she needs

Not confusion.

Not pain.

Not me.

I grip the wheel

I'd do

the pain of her thinking I'm someone

past the neon lights until I

rembered it

used to be when she asked me to pass through here

funny thing

then, but I'd do anything to have

best dumplings and that stupidly spicy soup that makes her nose run but somehow comforts

on low. She's curled up under the

looks so beautiful it hurts to not

boutique next door and buy some warm clothes for me and

quick shop done in less

car with the food still warm in its

filling the car.

set it on

she doesn't

engine and drive

reach the underground packing

in

her bag for the apartment key card

I place her gently on the couch before shaking

"You need to take a quick hot bath since you were in the rain for too

you?"

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

Of course not." She says and I smile, releasing the

Good girl.

get your water

and run the taps, while adjusting the temperature just how she likes it,

even remember the lavender stuff she keeps

fills the

do all this, I realize

my heart has

is now just

she's sitting cross-legged, hugging a

bath's ready," I

at me,

"Thanks...."

she walks past, I almost say

you before. No need to

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