Dear Ex-wife Marry Me novel (Maja) novel Chapter 2174

No sooner thought than done.

Tyler wasted no time—he booked an appointment with a dermatologist to remove that mole. He’d go first thing tomorrow.

But that mole was Athena’s favorite. If it disappeared, she’d be devastated.

That night, Tyler drank until nearly dawn, stumbling home in a fog. He collapsed onto the living room sofa, hugging a pillow to his chest. No matter how he tossed and turned, sleep wouldn’t come. He had zero desire to set foot in his bedroom.

The villa had always felt empty when it was just him, but tonight the emptiness pressed on him like a weight, suffocating, inescapable.

Finally, he swung his legs off the sofa, grabbed his car keys, and walked out into the night.

By the time he came to his senses, he was parked outside Athena’s apartment building.

He slid down to sit by her door, too ashamed to even knock.

He wasn’t stupid. What happened the other day would have cut anyone to the bone. If he were in her shoes, he’d never forgive himself either.

Leaning against the wall, Tyler drifted off right there in the hallway.

Morning arrived. When Athena opened her door, a body tumbled inside. She nearly screamed.

Tyler jolted awake, realizing, through a haze of last night’s liquor, that he’d somehow ended up at her place.

He scrambled upright, one hand pressed over his stomach. “My stomach hurts. I’m starving.”

Athena frowned, ignoring him.

She was on her way out to buy groceries anyway.

Tyler hurried after her. “Athena, I said my stomach hurts.”

She entered the supermarket, grabbed a basket, and began picking through the produce.

He repeated himself several times, insisting his stomach was killing him. She didn’t even glance his way. Finally, humiliated, he fell silent.

How had it come to this? He’d never been so thoroughly ignored in his life.

When Athena got to the checkout, Tyler quickly flashed his phone at the cashier. “I’ll pay.”

The cashier looked to Athena, saw she didn’t object, and rang up his purchase.

Tyler was used to strolling through luxury boutiques with his dates, dropping hundreds of thousands on whatever caught their eye—no questions asked. But racing to pay for groceries in a supermarket? That was a first.

The unfamiliarity of it all left him strangely unsettled. He took the bags from Athena’s hands and silently followed her up to her apartment.

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