Winning Back His Ex's Wife's Broken Heart by Hayley

Chapter 03

Sarah's

POV

I walked into the kitchen the next morning and did a takeback when I saw Richard rummaging in the freezer for something. "What are you doing?"

He jumped which caused him to hit his head on the freezer top and then glared at me while rubbing his head. "What are you doing?" he threw my question back at me and it was my time to glare at him.

"Where were you last night?" I asked, shocked at how strong my voice came out when I was a bundle of nerves on the inside. I had never said more than two words at a time to Richard before and now I didn't even know if he'd hit me for being so gutsy. "You didn't come home last night."

He eyed me for a while and then hissed, turning his attention back to the freezer which seemed more attractive than me at that moment. The nerve of this man. Had it been any other day, I would have let it slide and walked away to go and cry in my room or the bathroom but not today. After last night, I was tired of being so silent and not speaking up for myself. Maybe if I had done this sooner, things would have changed.

back home become an issue?" he retorted and I blanched. I hadn't prepared myself for his reply, at least not that one

I could count on one finger the number of times he had made it back home in time for dinner. And even then, the times he had eaten dinner out of those times were barely equaled five. Eyeing him, I wondered if there was another way to get through to him without being fussy. Taking two steps in front of me, I stood in front of him, close enough to smell his fragrant cologne that on another man would have been wrong but suited him, and placed one hand on his shoulder and the other on his chest. My heart was beating wildly in my chest and I wondered if he would push me away before I even got a chance to speak. But he didn't make a move to stop me and neither did he peel my

I came to a realization. He wanted to hear what I had to say. "I know this marriage didn't start as well that, a real marriage but perhaps

had been expecting. Hell, I expected him to scream at me, push me away, or even walk away angrily but when he started walking towards me with a dangerous look in his eyes, I gulped and took a few steps back. I had put my foot in my mouth and now he was going to kill me. If this was how I died, could I

us to be a real couple? You want me to hold you like this..." he paused as his hands came around my waist and I shivered at his closeness. Oh God, we had never been this close before. His touch sent electric shocks through

closer to him, wanting to feel some more of his body heat close to me. I was so entranced by his words I didn't realize when he took a step back or when he pulled

tasted bitter on his tongue. "This is a sham of a marriage, always has

respond and then closed it

at the corner of his lips wicked and menacing. "Some

my mouth again to speak but footsteps from

walked into the kitchen and I remained where I was, unable. I was trying