Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ALEX

"No!"

Athena twists and turns.

I'm fucking tired, but I had work to do.

Being on Rayen's camping trip meant days off the grid, no meetings, no calls and no fires to put out, which only meant more load piling up the second I stepped back into the office.

I have no regrets though. I'd do this anyday. Hell, I'd even stay a year if Athena asked me to.

I had asked Ryan to make sure the room we got was spacious enough to fit a working table. Most of our hotels don't have them because the whole point is for our clients to relax. That way, they get to notice every service we offer.

They spend more money that way.

Simple business Mathematics.

I sat on the desk with my laptop open, a dozen unread emails staring at me, and yet, my brain refused to cooperate.

Every time I tried to concentrate, images of her kept bleeding through.

Beautiful long black hair.

Thick thighs and curves to end any man.

Cute kissable lips that drive me fucking insane.

Sometimes, I don't blame Noah and Zayan. Athena is a type of woman who can bring anyone to their knees without even trying.

Not that I approve my cousin hitting on my woman. I'm highly possessive and that isn't going to stop now. If anything, it has increased ten fold.

I thought I wasn't a jealous man, but fuck! Have I been proven wrong. Everytime she told me to get the hell out while she laughed with another man, I felt like I was taking my last breath.

It's a shock I'm still alive.

I refused the room service to touch the roses. She wanted them clean, I was

going to do it. But I didn't throw them away, I had placed them in a huge basket so she can look at them.

Tomorrow morning when they wither, I'll replace them. I'll do this everyday for the rest of our lives.

In future, I might not bring 5,674 roses all at once, but I'll make sure she has a flower waiting for her when she wakes up.

After we took a shower and ate, she finally stopped fighting me and agreed to the situation.

stay only if I promised to stay far

if I tried so I said

on nails if it meant being near

up, showing me another email. I'm about to open

She is....

Twisting again.

brows furrow, her mouth tightens. She kicks the sheets off and then curls into herself

know a nightmare when I

"Shit!"

second thought and

Quiet and careful.

tears

whisper. "Wake

breath coming out in sharp bursts now. Her hands fist the blanket like she's trying

Fuck this.

sit beside her, gently placing her on my thighs as I wait for her to

shake her from it because I'm afraid, what if

needed to see lan

like she's drowning then bolts upright and then freezes

me.

I don't move.

Her chest rising and falling in fast,

a second, I wonder if she's going to push me away again. Tell me to

out.

she hates

But she doesn't.

crushed my

slowly, brushing a

there anymore," I say softly. "You're okay,

can't pull the fear

whispers, almost like she's ashamed.

breathe. I

thought

to die.

s

reach for her hand without thinking and lace our fingers

to do to make you

what

between us

she doesn't let go of my

like that for a long minute. The glow from the bedside