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.

her head back

you for coming

mouth, the truth will come spilling out, and

left holding

now, she

Not confusion.

Not pain.

Not me.

the wheel

do

in the pain of her thinking

lights until I reach the

rembered

her favorite place. I remember how irritated I used to be when she asked me to pass through here after picking her

the funny

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

best dumplings and that stupidly spicy

still running and the heat on low. She's curled up under the blanket, her lips slightly parted with

it hurts to not touch

into the boutique next door and buy some warm clothes for me and

a quick shop done in less

to the car with the food still warm

filling the car.

slightly when I set it on the

she doesn't wake

start the engine and drive to

reach the underground packing

the bag of food in one hand and unlock her door with

bag for the apartment key card and lift

place her gently

whisper, "You need to take a quick hot

you?" She

her, keeping my voice

smile, releasing the breath

Good girl.

me get

the taps, while adjusting the temperature just how she likes

she keeps under the sink and pour a bit

the

do all this, I realize I know

my heart has always been

now just

out, she's sitting cross-legged,

ready,"

at

"Thanks...."

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

before. No need

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