Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ATHENA

My blood boils. What kind of idiots are these?

I'm about to step forward and give them a piece of my mind, but someone beats me to it.

Alex.

He steps forward slowly, grabbing a sack of ingredients without hesitation. His face is calm, but his voice is cold.

"Is your company bigger than mine?." He stops and asks the first man.

"Mr. King, you seriously-"

"Answer my question." He cuts him off.

Everyone is so quiet you can hear a feather fall. The man starts shaking as he forces a fake laugh,

"No. How can I compare to you, sir?" He responds, and I hold back a scoff.

Bastards who want to bully those weaker than them but fumble when someone more powerful is in the picture.

So pathetic.

"Or you," He turns his head to the other two. So lazily, he looks like they don't even deserve to be looked at, "Perhaps yours makes more money than mine does."

They both shake their heads quickly, mumbling something about how that's not what they meant. One of them even starts stammering, trying to backpedal like a coward caught in a lie.

Alex scoffs and slams the sack onto the table.

"If you can't do what you're told to, then go home," he says, his tone sharp enough to slice through bone.

"Why are you even here? Is that what you're going to teach your kids? That a little dirt on your hands makes you less of a man? That teamwork and effort are beneath you because you signed a few cheques?"

The silence is so thick that even the trees seem to lean in.

"No wonder your companies are still worth the same value as an expired coupon," he adds with a dry smirk.

Some people chuckle under their breath, others are nervous, and others are stunned.

It's like walking around eggshells with Alex, and they all know it. One call from him

and everything they own either increases in value or turns to shit.

As much as I hate to admit. He is a powerful man. And I find it hot.

I mean, who wouldn't?

Ethan steps forward right after, his arms folded, and his gray eyes narrowed in that lazy way that somehow feels more dangerous than yelling.

He clicks his tongue.

mediocrity that act like lifting a finger might

grabbing a chopping board from the supply table. Then,

guess. Your wives dress

a clipboard, lets out a

bursting out into a fit of

Lorenzo, Rayen's teacher's cheeks flush a deep shade of pink as Alex turns

start?" he asks, his voice

She blinks.

Twice.

a shaky hand to a

"Uh....r-right there, Mr. King."

my

down before her

and awkward, scatter

One trips slightly.

something about

turn. Does anyone have

we don't." We all respond

claps her

"You can get started!"

Everyone erupts into movement.

mummy and Daddy

Miss Lorenzo!" They all answer in

toward the open space where the playhouse materials

colorful fabric, and even paint. Rose grabs a toolbelt and

she asks, tying

mutter, eyeing a wooden beam

enough. Just don't hammer your thumb. That's

a doctor. I can't get hurt

the

totally forgot the dangers of doing this for you who

you should sit this one out." She

it." I respond, leaving no room for arguments. She nods with a smile as the other mothers join us, and we get to work. Honestly, it's fun. Loud, chaotic,

hammer nails straight. One mom is

someone

the field, the dads are a

better than I expected. He looks focused with sleeves rolled up and stirring a pot so carefully one would think

over the grill with a spatula while scrolling through his

probably watching what to do online. He does that whenever he cooks for us." Rose

burns

board. Another puts

in the

that sends aim stumbling back. Miss Lorenzo hurries over with a fire extinguisher, just in

s

dragon,” she scolds gently,