Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ATHENA

I stare down at the document again, still in disbelief. "This whole island?"

Alex just shrugs, like it's no big deal.

"Yes baby, all of it."

"Alex, this is insane. This is like... billionaire-movie-level romance."

"You married me, baby," he says with a wink. "I don't do average."

I shake my head, half-laughing, half-speechless. The idea that this breathtaking paradise is mine now feels surreal.

Other girls would be like no this is too much, but not me. I'll take it as an apology for the pain he put me through for three years. So yes, I'm taking the island. Thank you very much.

Twenty minutes later, I'm slipping into a deep green bikini I found tucked neatly into one of the villa's drawers, brand new and clearly pre-planned by my over- prepared husband.

It hugs my curves perfectly, the top held up by thin gold straps and the bottoms high-cut enough to make walking in front of him dangerous.

Alex stands near the open glass doors, already shirtless, again. He's wearing black swim trunks that hang low on his hips. He turns when he hears me approach and freezes.

His eyes trail down my body slowly, then rise again to meet my gaze with an expression so intense it sends heat flooding through me.

"You sure you want to go outside?" he rasps, stepping forward. "Because if I take one more look at you, I might forget what sunlight feels like and take you right back to that bed."

I smile, grabbing his hand and dragging him toward the beach. "Then don't look, just run."

We dash barefoot across the wooden deck, my laugh echoing into the salty breeze as the sand greets our feet like warm silk.

The beach stretches wide and empty with no other person in sight.

"Why didn't we go to a public beach like normal people?" I ask, trying to catch my breath from all the running.

"Unless you want me to go on a murder spree." He says nonchalantly.

"Why would you murder people?"

"If any man saw you like this, Athena. I'd blind them. If they touched you," He shakes his head, "Let's just think of this private island as you saving humanity from extinction. Especially the male population."

"Now I'm very sure that you're crazy." I laugh even though the back of my head knows he would do exactly just that.

The ocean sparkles in every shade of blue, the waves rolling in gentle and rhythmic as the sun kisses our skin.

"I bet you can't catch me," I tease, bolting into the surf.

"Oh, you're really trying me today," Alex growls behind me.

waist as he lifts me off the ground, spinning us both into the shallow

me down!" I

he grins, then drops me gently into the sea. The

wave. At some point, he pulls me under for a kiss, our mouths

onto the sand under a palm tree. I lie back on the towel we brought with us, my chest heaving, my hair

lies beside me on his side, propped up on an elbow, his

the most important observation he's made

smiling so

the tip of my nose. "Because we're

I hit a

I'll give you another island, so we can make new ones."

onto him.

"I'm crazy about you."

onto him, pressing my palm to his chest as I rest my chin there. The warm, steady beat of his heart thumps beneath

I should continue with the drug so

in each other under the palm

waves lulling us into

his phone, squinting at the

bedtime," he murmurs, swiping to open

I sit up immediately,

damp hair, as if

almost

t four year old

notice

what I look like.

rings for a second before

messy, his cheeks flushed, and a wide grin spreads across his face when he

"Mummy! Daddy!!"

baby!" I breathe,

we're both in view, and I wave with both hands like a

jungle?" Rayen asks,

Alex answers, "but technically, this whole

eyes widen. "Can I

"Of

day, how he helped his friend with math, got picked to lead the morning pledge,

than I expect. My

his dittle hands waving everywhere.

up too

sleeping well?"

quickly. "Yes.

and Aunt Isabelle

turns to make warm