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

"207."

to keep myself from laughing too hard as we walk

on me. Can

"That's what

he has called me

in... 207...the

deepens. "Exactly

I blink.

not how

Two beds.

higher than I'd like. "There are at least fifty rooms

about to kill. "But Anna thought it would be best if all parents stayed

is Anna?"I

"Rayen's teacher?"

name is Mary. My

his hands in his pockets while fixing that stupid gaze on

that he smells and looks so good even after the kids play around with his face and his white shirt is covered in

eyes.

heart, all mock

hard I'm worried they might stick. "I'll just

"There was a mix-up with a wedding party. We're lucky we

to you for three years. Your

love" he says, leaning in just slightly, "So, here we

now, lower. "I won't make you uncomfortable. You'll

"Dramatic much?"

"He lowers

in it twists in

you don't trust

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

I freeze.

"I

you, and I desperately want

be yout man. "n

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