Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

Chapter 162

ATHENA

"Is he asleep?" Alex asks, his voice low and surprisingly gentle.

I nod, brushing Rayen's hair back one last time before zipping up the side of his tent.

"Out like a light. Thanks to all the singing we did!" I throw him a pointed look.

But instead of responding, he smiles, and I swear I feel my ovaries shift.

It should be illegal for your enemy to look this good!

The fake forest around us is finally quiet. A few kids are still whispering in their tents, giggling under their fairy light strings, but for the most part, the fantasy campsite is winding down.

The parents, according to the schedule, are supposed to sleep in nearby guest rooms so the kids could feel independent but still stay safe.

I straighten and stretch my back, wincing slightly.

"Where am I sleeping?"

"We need to check the list," Alex replies, pulling out his phone and scrolling through something.

"Please don't tell me you're the one who made the list."

He gives me that maddening look, the one where he pretends to be innocent but already knows he's done something outrageous.

"I delegated."

"To who? Satan?"

"Close enough."

I groan.

"Well?" I press, crossing my arms as he looks at me with a serious face. But he

can't fool me, I can see his eyes dancing in excitement.

"You're in Room 207." He says.

I ask with a raised

"207."

hold my mouth to keep myself from laughing too hard

on me. Can

once. "That's what I said,

after he

207...the same

deepens.

I blink.

not how

double. Two beds.

like. "There are

it would be best if all parents stayed closest to each

is Anna?"I mutter, folding my arms

"Rayen's teacher?"

is Mary. My

easily." He places his hands in his pockets

smells and looks so good even after the kids play around with

my eyes.

hand over his heart, all mock innocence.

might stick.

says smoothly. "There was a mix-up with a wedding party. We're lucky we even have this

for three years. Your hotels never host weddings. You

love" he says, leaning in just slightly,

gentler now, lower. "I won't make you uncomfortable. You'll have your space. I'll

"Dramatic much?"

serious." "He lowers his

something in it twists

don't trust

hurt you. But being ear you, even if it's just in silence, even if you barely look at me, feels better than being anywhere else.

I freeze.

trick you, Athena," he continues softly. "I just want a chance to prove that I

love you, and I

be yout man. "n

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