Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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Lisa pours the wine, her eyebrow quirked as she glances at me from across her small kitchen island. "So, what exactly did he say?"

I take a long drink from my glass, trying to let the alcohol smooth the edges of my nerves. "He wants to stop living together until the wedding," I say, keeping my voice flat. "And he thinks we should stop sleeping in the same bed." Lisa nearly chokes on her wine, setting the bottle down with a clatter. "Wait, what?" She's staring at me, eyes wide.

I shrug, swirling the wine in my glass. "Not exactly. Just until the wedding. We'd already agreed to not have sex until the wedding night."

She leans back, folding her arms. "That's a whole new level of self-control. Are we sure he's not an alien? I mean were you okay with the no-actual-sex thing?"

"I was, until he started saying Ashlyn's name and the fucking safe word in his sleep.

"He did what now?" Lisa's eyes are wider.

I nod. "I just don't know what to think. These dreams, he says they are nightmares. But they sound like pretty happy nightmares sometimes."

"You should have told me."

"I couldn't even tell him I knew."

"Man, I mean, fuck me! What happened?"

"Last night, he had the worst one. He was shook and I was shook. I couldn't pretend I was asleep."

"Girl, this is next level. You always seem to top yourself. Stop it."

I can't help but laugh a bit. "It's more than that, Lisa. He says he needs me to be sure. That we both need time to figure this out." Lisa tilts her head, her tone softening. "And what do you think?"

"I don't know, Lisa. That's the thing."

Lisa sets her glass down, her eyes narrowing in on me. "So what's the real issue hare? You don't trust him, or you don't trust yourself?"

to be able to trust him

"Winona, you've been through hell and back with him. But the question isn't whether he's worth trusting. It's whether you can live with the

not just that," I continue my

of it,

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beginning to remember us. When he was actively pursuing me, he

get it. You're insecure.

would be easier to let myself be with him again. But you told me there were rumors about the type of sex

intense. And I'm scared that part of him still wants that, still needs it. And I can't give it to him. I don't want to." Lisa's eyebrows shoot up. "Shit. Okay. Does he say that

his dreams, with her. She's fucking dead, fucking him and fucking with

you think he still wants

that's what he needs. I don't want him settling with me. I want

scanning my face, "Look,

eyebrows in disbelief. No one is more qualified

I am a bit of an expert on sex," she

"A bit?"

him the way he needs." "Exactly. I want to believe him when he says he's over it, but what if he's not? What if that's always going to be a part of

if he's slipping down the back alley on the down-low

her arm. "Stop

take orders sometimes. Maybe it's something you should explore together." "No. I'd never be able to stop

what you're

at her because she's right. I can't have any

to her.

that's the problem, isn't it?"

think it is,"

ever considered that Ashlyn did all that stuff

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to you?