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?"

scared that I'm never going to be able to trust him the way I need to. And if I can't, then

isn't whether he's worth trusting. It's whether you can live with the

of wine. "It's not just that," I continue my voice shaky. "It's the

it, at

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can't get past knowing he was with Ashlyn even when he was beginning to remember

You're

to let myself be with him again. But you told me there were rumors

temples. "He had this thing going with Ashlyn. It was... dark. I don't know all the details, but I know it was intense. And I'm scared that part of him still wants that, still needs it. And I

doing it in his dreams, with her. She's fucking dead, fucking him

right! And you think

he needs. I don't want him settling

quiet for a moment, her eyes scanning my face, "Look, I'm

disbelief. No one is more qualified than Lisa to

bit of an expert

"A bit?"

you the whole truth and you're scared that you won't be able to satisfy him the way he needs." "Exactly. I want to believe him when he says

down the back alley on the down-low

slap her arm.

little funny. Plenty of hot-blooded guys like to concede control and take orders sometimes. Maybe it's something you should explore together." "No. I'd never be able to stop

what

have any sex with Jayden because of the fear he's comparing

to her.

the problem, isn't

think it

all that stuff because she was worried he'd be

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to you?