Dear Ex Wife Please take me back (Athena and Alex) novel Chapter 119

LEAH

I swallow hard, my hands trembling so badly I have to clutch them behind my back.

"No," I say, my voice cracking. "Of course not! Alex, you know me..."

"Do I?" he asks, tilting his head, his green eyes unreadable.

The assistant stands frozen behind the counter, the dress draped over her arm like a dead body.

I force a smile, blinking fast to hide the sting in my eyes.

"I’ll just... call Daddy," I say quickly. "He’ll transfer the money right now. It’s no big deal."

Alex chuckles a low, dangerous sound that makes my blood turn to ice.

Is he testing me?

"Of course," he responds, "Call Daddy."

His words are laced with mockery, but I ignore it.

I'm sure it's a test.

One I'm not going to lose!

I've come too close to the goal to let it slip off my hands.

I yank my phone out of my purse so fast it almost flies across the room.

Dialing my father’s number, I press it to my ear, forcing a smile at Alex.

He watches me, hands still shoved casually into his pockets, like he’s enjoying every second of my slow public death.

A part of me is upset. How can he humiliate me this way? Even when I've portrayed a picture of how rich we are, he still wants proof?

Fine!

The phone rings.

And rings.

And rings.

Finally, it goes to voicemail.

I laugh it off and redial, panic clawing at my throat.

No answer.

No answer.

No answer.

I want to scream.

Alex raises an eyebrow, his silence louder than any insult.

"I...I think he’s in a meeting," I say, lowering the phone, my hand shaking. "You know how busy he is."

Alex hums thoughtfully.

"It's not that I don't have money!" I blurt out. "It's just a large… eh..I'll just swipe.”

I pull out a card I shouldn't even be having, but Dad's company will understand that the money will come back ten times more when I'm Mrs. King!

The payment goes through, and the dress is packed in the back.

“Do you have a refund policy?” I whisper the question to one of the assistants.

She nods with a smile, “Yes ma'am, as long as it's still in perfect shape, we refund.”

I nod and walk outside to join Alex.

“I'm so excited!”

“I'm even more excited than you are.” He responds as he starts the ignition, and my heart jumps.

Alexander is excited to marry me?

We drive through the city, the dress packed carefully in the back as I imagine how beautiful I'll look that day.

I can’t stop smiling.

Alex said he's excited.

Excited.

The word rings in my head over and over until it starts to sound like a lullaby.

Maybe all those years weren't for nothing. Maybe, finally, he's seeing me the way I deserve.

The café he pulls up to is one of those artsy little places Athena used to drag him to.

I grind my teeth at the memory of how my heart used to boil when I saw the pictures Henry sent me.

But I plaster on a dazzling smile. That's now in the past.

That bitch is dead to him now.

Just like Sloane will be soon enough if she keeps looking at me this way!

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