Semua Bab Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back: Bab 101 - Bab 110

ATHENAThe Loud sound of an ambulance reaches my ears as I step out of the hospital. My shift just ended and I'm beat. It's only been a few days and I still can't get Alex's gaze out of my mind. The way he looked at Zayan when he kissed my cheek made my heart stop and I hate that even after what he's done to me he's still able to get a rise out of me. I'm pulling out my phone when the ambulance parks and Alex steps out and my heart drops to my stomach.Is it….No.. God no!I watch in slow motion as the paramedics rush out, the first thought that hits me is Nana and I can barely breathe. Slowly, I drag my legs forward as I tune every sound out the only thing I can now hear is the blood rushing to my ears. But I halt when Leah jumps out and then I see the small oxygen mask. The tiny limbs. The panic painted all over Alex’s face.Rayen.What happened?My God please let him be okay, Alex won't survive this pain a second time. Ian comes flying through the ER doors, already pulling glo

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ATHENA “22nd October.” The words echo in my mind like a depressing song on a loop.My baby was born on the 22nd of September.Which means… Rayen isn’t mine." Not biologically. Not by blood.God, I feel like such a fool.I shouldn’t have come. I should’ve stayed away like I promised myself I would. But I saw the ambulance that day, saw the way Alex held him, panic written all over his face. Something broke in me. Something deep and aching.Maybe it was guilt. Maybe it was that stupid glimmer of hope I’ve been secretly nursing like a wound that never healed.And that damn birthmark.“We even have the same hair color!” Rayen's happy voice rings at the back of my head, making my eyes sting.I wrap my arms tightly around myself.I was so hopeful. I'm so sure there was a reason I felt that pull to Rayen every time I saw him. The way he’d cling to me. The way I knew how to soothe his cries like I’d done it a hundred times before.But it was just in my head. It's just a cruel coincidence.Wi

ATHENA“Dr. Dawson!” Rayen wriggles out of Alex’s arms the moment he spots me and dashes toward me with a wide grin.It took a long time to get him to stop calling me mummy and just call me Dr. Dawson, but after a few explanations he gave in. I can't lie. Seeing him hurts me, but he's just an innocent boy who finds my presence warming. How can I push him away?I barely have time to brace myself before he flings his arms around my waist, nearly knocking the wind out of me.“Rayen,” I breathe, crouching to hug him back tightly. “You’re supposed to be in school.”He pulls back just enough to pout. “I told Daddy I wouldn’t stop crying until he brought me to see you.”I glance up at Alex, who’s now stopped a few feet away, hands in his pockets, watching quietly with unreadable eyes. “He’s very persistent,” Alex says.I rise slowly, my heart still a chaotic mess after everything Ian just told me.“Hey,” Alex says softly once Rayen skips off toward the nurses’ desk. “You okay?”I nod, too

ALEX“You look like shit.” Luca leans back in his chair, brown eyes sweeping over me like he’s confirming a diagnosis.“Shit doesn’t cover it,” Iann chimes in, and I throw him a glare that lacks the heat it usually carries.They're both right. I do look like hell.“Should I pour you a drink?” Luca offers, but I shake my head.“Rayen’s birthday party starts in an hour. I’m not showing up stinking of whiskey.”Luca whistles. “Look at you being responsible.”I rub at my temples, head throbbing from more than just the sleepless nights. “I just… I don’t get it.”That makes them both pause. I never start conversations like this. I usually keep things buried, neat, and tucked somewhere no one can find them, but something’s been cracking lately. “Get what?” Luca edges me on.“Athena.” Her name feels like gravel in my throat. “She’s been… amazing with Rayen. Like really good to him. He's already sent me a picture of the gift she just took to him, some Lego game, and he swears it's the bes