Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

ALEX

"The safest thing to do is have it locked into a trust and have you as the Trustee, then we can put Rayen as the

beneficiary." My lawyer, Antonio, says.

| run a hand through my hair.

"We can't do that for all assets. That's too much power and money running in one move. Besides, I'm sure

Athena and I will have more kids in the future."

| lie through my teeth.

| just don't want him to figure out why I'm doing this. The least | need right now is my condition spreading to any

of my enemies. As much as | would want to knock her up and see her flat belly grow with our second child,

maybe a princess this time, I'm not sure | have that much time.

"So what do you suggest we do?" Antoasks.

| lean back against the chair,

"Put 60% in a trust, Athena as the trustee and I'll tell you what to do with the rest. The company should be as it

is. It belongs to Sloane. But no one can know about it. Not now, anyway."

"This is so sudden. Did something happen?" Antoasks but the glare | give him is enough to shut him the fuck

up.

"I'll do just that, Boss." He stands, packing his papers. "I'll take my leave now."

I nod.

Just as I'm about to pick up my phone to call her, the office door bursts open.

Her scent is what hitsfirst.

| grin.

"How did you know | missed you?"

But the smile drops the second | see her face.

She's been crying.

Her eyes are red and her breath is shaking. As if that's not enough, her body is trembling like she's been holding

it together for hours and finally cracked.

| shoot up from my chair, panic clawing at my chest.

"What happened?" | rush toward her, but she flinches and steps back like my touch would burn her.

My heart fucking twists.

"Who the fuck am | putting six feet under?" | growl, my hands already curling into fists.

But then she does something I didn't expect...

She laughs.

Not the kind that fills a room or warms the heart. The kind that breaks it. The kind

that sounds like someone bleeding from the inside.

She wipes her cheek roughly, her voice dripping with bitter amusement.

"That's funny... considering it's someone you can't kill."

| stop dead in my tracks.

"Athena," | speak carefully, "tellwho did this."

"What?" she snaps. "So you can kill him? Will that make you feel better? Will it undo the damage?"

"Yes, so | can kill him. Was it Noah?"

"No, there is a better question," she cutsoff, stepping forward now, her chest rising and falling like she's

holding in screams. "Will you jump into the fucking river and kill yourself for the pain since you caused these

tears?"

"What happened?" | ask again, quieter this time. "Talk to me."

She looks atwith so much hate it unsettles my mind.

"You're a wicked and heartless bastard. But | knew that, | just didn't know you were a thief and a liar too! How

dare you!" She tries to push my chest.

| try to hold her but she shakesoff roughly while the tears keep streaming

down her face. She begins to pound my chest while screaming.

"Where did you put my box you bastard! How dare you trickonly for you to steal the one thing | have left

from my parents. Is that why you fed methose lies and madethink you had changed? Was it so could drop

my guard down? God | was so stupid!" s

My chest tightens with every word she throws at me.

Box?

The formula box?

| try to grab her wrists gently, to stop her from hurting herself, but she jerks away

fromlike I'm poison.

"Athena, baby, don't know what you're talking about-"

"Don't lie to me!" she screams, her voice cracking.

"| didn't take it," | snap before | can stop myself, but it's too late, my tone only

feeds the fire in her.

She steps back, shaking her head. "I slowly started trusting you," she whispers. "I almost let you back in. And

you destroyed that trust before it could ever grow the worst possible way." s

My jaw clenches.

My thoughts spiral.

If I didn't take it, who the fuck did?

And why now?

I run a hand down my face, already calculating the security feeds, the staff access, anyone who's been near her

apartment.

"You know what? Keep the fucking formula. Use it to work on your weak as hell heart!" She steps closer, her eyes

burning in fury.

"I hope you choke to death on that hospital bed. | hope the formula rejects you

and spits you out so badly. | hope you die, Alex. Maybe after that, this world will get to breathe again!"

Her words are knives.

Every syllable slices through my skin and bone, digging straight into places | didn't even know could bleed

anymore.

| just stand there silent as her fury rains down onlike a storm sent to bury the

last pieces of what | was fighting so hard to rebuild.

| force a smile.

Not the cocky kind or the ruthless one I'm known for.

Just a sad, tired smile. Because I've already lost her, and | don't have enough

tto fix this.

| thought I did. But the papers laying in my drawers from today's tests say otherwise.

"I didn't take the box," | say quietly, truth rolling off my tongue like a confession no one wants to hear. "I don't

even want the formula. never did Not after knowing how much danger it can put you in. s

| hold her gaze even though it burns.

"All I want is you and Rayen. That's enough for me."

She clicks her tongue.

"Go to hell."

She then walks out but this time, | don't chase after her.

No matter how much it hurts, maybe this is a good thing.

I'll let her hate me, so she won't be sad once my clock runs out.

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