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016 - Ex-wife is back!

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XANDER

Two tablets of aspirin couldn’t dull the splitting headache that had haunted me since the night before. Kissing Maeve… holding her… picturing the curve of her lips… and now I can’t think of anything but to see her again. The more I thought about it, the more my responsibility got in the way.

As I sat in my office, waiting for a partner to finalize an investment deal, my thoughts drifted back to her and the complicated situation we found ourselves in. I had offered to help her reconcile with Thayer, but she had moved on from him completely. She had told me she was doing it for revenge, and not to get back with Thayer.

I knew I needed to confront her about how long we would continue pretending to be in a relationship before things get out of hand. As I reflected on it, I realized I hadn’t even properly proposed, thanks to Thayer’s interference.

The time for our meeting came and went, yet there was still no sign of my investor. I took a deep breath, trying to expel the heaviness i
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