บททั้งหมดของ My Prodigal Ex-Husband Wants Me Back: บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 34

It should’ve felt like victory. And it did, mostly. But something about seeing her completely shattered in front of me had left a strange, restless energy I couldn’t shut off buzzing under my skin. “Hey… are you still awake?”Elias’s voice was low and rough with sleep and I felt the bed shift as he turned toward me.I blinked, pulling my mind back to the present, and rolled over to face him. The soft light from the hallway light cut across his face, making him look gentle.“Yeah,” I murmured. “Couldn’t sleep.”“Nightmare again?”I hesitated for half a second, then lied smoothly. “Yeah. Same one.”He didn’t question it and just lifted the covers and opened his arms without hesitation.“Come here,” he said quietly. “I’ll hold you until you fall asleep.”Guess it’s about time I stopped spiraling about Lila.I slid across the sheets and let him pull me against his chest. His arms wrapped around me, one hand stroking slow circles between my shoulder blades as I closed my eyes and pressed

I laughed until my ribs and my throat got exhausted and finally burned itself out. When it was over, I eventually pushed myself up and grabbed the mop to finish cleaning the mess, pushing the filthy water into the bucket with slow, mechanical strokes. Every movement pulled at my bruises and each breath reminded me how fucked up everything and my body had become. But I cleaned it anyway. When the floor was clear, I dumped the bucket, rinsed the mop, and stood there for a long moment with my hands braced on the counter, staring at nothing. Then I clipped Peanuts’ leash on and slipped out the side door into the backyard. The late afternoon sun felt warm on my face as I walked slowly across the grass, Peanuts trotting beside me, but then I heard it. My father’s voice, coming from the open window of his study just around the corner. He was on the phone and I hadn’t meant to listen, but the words carried clearly in the quiet. “Marcus Hale is ruining everything,” he hissed with fr