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Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 81 ~ Underestimated!
ATHENA“We can't treat you. Our hospital is full, and if I get you the bill, I bet you won't be able to afford it.” Annie says, and I have to stop everything I'm doing to ensure I heard her right.Annie is PGY-4, so she is a pain in the ass but she is good at what she does and is my senior, so you can only imagine what I have to deal with. “Dr. Please! My father is dying and we won't have enough time to make it to another hospital!” A young girl who doesn't look to be over twenty cries as she begs her to admit her father. “All this begging is time you’re wasting!” Annie snaps, her arms crossed, annoyance etched into every line of her face.I slam the patient chart shut and whirl around.“Excuse me?” My voice slices through the halls of the ER like a scalpel.Annie turns to me with that smug little smile she always wears when she thinks she’s untouchable.“This isn’t charity, Dawson. We have protocols and capacity limits—”“No.” I step forward, fire burning in my chest. “What we have
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-05Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 82 ~ Starting today!
ATHENAMy heart stutters. That voice.Even if the years had dulled it, even if time had blurred every echo of that night, I’d still recognize it anywhere.Leah.The last time I saw her, she was standing in the doorway of my apartment with Alex’s child in her arms.Rubbing it in my face that she had what I could never give him even if I tried. I looked at the child for the first time, and my heart shattered. He was the spitting image of Alex with his eyes. I shut the door in her face and applied to work in the furthest hospital I could find. And now, she’s here.Why is she here?Dressed in a tailored navy-blue suit with a white coat, her hair pulled back in a bun that does nothing to soften the features on her face. She’s flanked by six doctors, clearly a surgical team, all in identical white coats, all standing like soldiers in formation behind their commander.The same smug expression I remember curls on her lips as she stops just a few steps from me.“Well, well,” Leah muses, her
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-07Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 83 ~ Am I in trouble?
ATHENAI manage a nod, ice creeping into my veins. “Such wonderful news!”“I’m glad you think so too,” she says brightly, before stepping past me. “I look forward to working with you. I'll teach you so much!”Is it illegal to smack someone's head?It would be great if it wasn't!Her entourage follows her like moths to a flame, leaving behind a cold draft of resentment.“I don't get how people like her end up in delicate places like these!” A voice sounding extremely annoyed reaches my ears, and I turn to find a beautiful redhead. With her arms crossed. Her coat isn’t white like the others, but navy trimmed with gold…Wait!That's a senior attending coat!The badge on her chest reads: Dr. Isabelle Whitmore, Trauma Surgery Lead, Quinns Institute Exchange Program.And beneath it, stitched into the fabric in silver thread: Chief Surgical Consultant, Level V Trauma.I blink. Not knowing what to say. “What's your name?” she asks.“Athena. Athena Dawson.”She looks at me before nodding,
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-07Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 84 ~ A cruel Joke
ATHENA My breath halts. My spine locks.Because the hand holding my waist in a firm, grounding grip belongs to him.My sworn enemy!His touch scorches right through the fabric of my coat despite the glacial look on his face.Up close, he’s even more infuriatingly gorgeous. His blonde hair is slicked back like a halo of arrogance, sharp cheekbones set in stone, and those green eyes, God, those eyes narrow with a cold disapproval. He looks older and harder. But even more good-looking! It's more like the devil with an angel's face.I jerk away from his grip like it burns. “I’m fine,” I say through clenched teeth, already bracing myself for the venom.“Clearly,” he mutters, brushing invisible dust off his sleeve like I’ve contaminated him.Iann turns, and he frowns upon seeing Alex. I guess I'm not the only shocked one. “Quinn.” Alex acknowledges.“Am I supposed to get offended that my best friend showed up without giving me a heads up?” Ian pouts, and Alex rolls his eyes.I step away
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-07Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 85 ~ The feeling is mutual!
ATHENAI don't know how long has passed, but it feels like it's been hours. The air in the elevator feels like it’s closing in around me, suffocating. My breath quickens, and every beat of my heart feels like it's being crushed beneath the weight of the darkness, the pressure growing in my chest with every passing second. I can feel my pulse in my ears, the pounding relentless. It’s like I can’t breathe. The tightness in my throat is almost unbearable, and I instinctively grip the rail in front of me, digging my nails into the cold metal, hoping it will anchor me. But nothing helps. The panic is building inside me, a tidal wave crashing in my chest.Get it together, Athena. You’re not that girl anymore. You're alive and kicking!But no matter how many times I try to tell myself that, the memories keep flooding back. The panic. The water. The helplessness. It feels like I’m being dragged down, pulled into the depths.I swallow hard, my hands shaking, my fingers cold against the s
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-07Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 86 ~ I'm your Fiancée!
ALEXOne year six months.That's how long has passed since I last saw her. I must say I was taken aback when I bumped into her. I must also confess that I've struggled with myself since that night. When I'm not thinking about my son, it's her occupying my head like a damn virus that won't let me go. She's in my head, my skin and in my fucking heart and it's damn annoying. When Iann gave me the paternity results that showed I was Rayen's father, I had so much anger I didn't even stop to think I had cheated. The worst part is I don't even fucking remember doing so. But then I remembered what she did. How she cheated on me. Killed my son just to be with bastard and my anger returned ten folds. But she ruined my fucking plans when I saw her panick attack return. Seeing her struggle to breathe and lose her balance when the elevator stopped did something to me. I thought she was better. Despite what she fucking did, I've been watching her. I'll need to kick Lucas's ass for not having fo
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-08Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 87~ She's trouble
ALEX“You don't want this anymore? Am I too much?” Tears well in her eyes and I sigh. You see the difference, when she cries it does nothing to me. But when Athena…Fuck!“Get In I drop you home. I have to rush back to the office.” “Okay.” She gives me a smile and steps closer, placing a kiss on my cheek. Opening the car door, I seat in my driver's seat before glancing back at Rayen. He’s quiet in the car seat, clutching the little bunny plushie he refuses to sleep without. His eyes are wide and uncertain as he watches me. I run a hand down my face and exhale slowly.I’m supposed to protect him.But how the hell do I protect him from ghosts that won’t stay buried?Leah is buckling up when the question slips out of my mouth.“Rayen, buddy?” My voice is soft.His wide eyes look up, “Yes, Daddy?”“Why did you call Ath- that woman that?”Leah flinches slightly, her voice suddenly softer as she responds instead. “Haha, Alex, you can't tell me you're thinking so deeply about that! Maybe
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-08Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 88 ~ Insufferable ass
ALEX“Pour me a drink,” I demand the moment I walk into the room and throw myself on Ian's office couch. Iann looks at me like I’ve grown a second head.“Hello to you too,” he mutters, rolling his eyes halfway.Iann and I have been best friends for five years now. Met at some dull conference and clicked, rare for me. But I guess Luca will just have to suck it up.He’s a petty bastard that's for sure. When Ethan threatened to expose my illness over his damn cousin, I was furious at Iann. Thought he’d sold me out. But then I realized... he hadn’t taken sides. He stayed neutral because, as he put it, “I take my career very seriously.”He didn’t betray me. Which left one question:Who the hell did?It couldn’t have been Leah. If anything, that secret is the only thing keeping me tethered to her. Why burn her leverage?“You're a shitty host.” I mutter.“I'm not hosting anything. Besides, this is a hospital office and not a pub. Also, you're supposed to stay away from alcohol!”“It’s not
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Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 104 ~ Did you tell anyone?
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.W
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 103 ~ Tell me why
ALEX “What?” Her beautiful whiskey brown eyes widen. I lean back with a sigh.“He was born on the 22nd of October. Which is a month from now.” I add with an emphasis on Rayen's upcoming third birthday that he won't stop talking about.Her eyes fall to her laps, and a look of disappointment crosses her features. I was shocked when I saw her here and even more shocked when she asked to speak to me. Athena hates me as much as I hate her, and the only time we see each other is when Rayen won't stop asking for her. Although, I'm starting to think that's just my excuse.Something inside me moved when I saw the pain in her eyes as I brought Rayen with an ambulance, but it also confused me. Doesn't she hate kids?Isn't she happy now that I'm out of her life with nothing tying her to me?“Oh.” Her voice pulls me back to the present, and I frown. I thought she was curious about his birthday so she could get him a gift seeing how close they are now. But it seems I was wrong looking at the
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Author's Note
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Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 102 ~ When was he born?
ATHENASwitched at birth?That's one thing I've never considered or even thought about until tonight.My mind kept replaying the moment, and my heart beat even faster at the possibility of Rayen being mine. Tears swell my eyes as I pull the covers tighter. I could barely get myself together when Leah came fuming about me invading their privacy when I killed my own child. Her words stinged, but I had no strength to answer her because of my shock. I kissed Rayen goodnight and came home. Now I've been staring at the ceiling, unable to hold back the itching feeling of asking Alex when Rayen was born. If he's mine….Oh God!Just the thought of someone having switched my child makes me see red, and knowing how ruthless Alex is makes me even more anxious with anticipation knowing he will rain hell on that culprits parade. I sit up, unable to stay still. My fingers tremble as I reach for the glass of water on the nightstand, but I don’t drink it. I just hold it, needing something to groun
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 101 ~ A birth mark
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
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 100 ~ Dinner and questions
ALEX“Alex, I'm scared” Leah grabs my hand as she looks from me to Rayen. I sigh, gently pulling my hand away, “isn't it you who wanted to have dinner with my family?”“I did, but I'm afraid they'll still be hostile towards me.”I glance down at Rayen who’s holding my other hand, clutching it like he senses something is off. His eyes are silently watching, but he doesn't say anything. “They probably will be,” I say honestly, walking up the steps to the estate's entrance. “But you wanted this, Leah. You said you could handle it. We can turn around if you feel like it's too much.”She shakes her head as she lifts Rayen into her arms, “We are getting married soon. They will eventually accept me.”I press my lips into a thin line. Not responding to that statement. My mother is the first to turn toward us as Secretary Joane holds the door open for us. Her posture stiffens, and her lips press tight like she just bit into something sour. Nana lifts her chin but doesn’t bother to mask th
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 99 ~ Suspicious
ALEX“There is something I need to tell you.” Iann grabs a cigarette and throws himself on my couch. “I don't think doctors are supposed to be smoking.” I sarcastically comment. “Yeah, well, I don’t think engaged men are supposed to fall in love with their ex-wives either, yet here we are” he counters, his voice low and bitter as he sticks the cigarette between his lips.My hand stills mid-pour.The glass clinks against the bottle.I glance back at him slowly. “What the hell are you talking about?”Iann doesn’t look at me. He strikes a match and lights the cigarette with a stupid smirk.“I'm here for serious business, and I know you care about Athena, so I thought I could ask you before I proceed.”“I don't care about her.” I snarl as I sit across from him.I think I need a break from work. I'm so exhausted. “Hmmm yeah. Anyway, so I heard you stopped by during the little get-together we had.” “To pick up my son.” I emphasize. His brows shoot to his hairline as he eyes me while his
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 98 ~ What I need you to be
ALEXNot many things move me. I've had countless women attempt the tactic of trying to make me jealous, and not one had succeeded. So, tell me why I feel like ripping this brunette's head off for placing his lips where they shouldn't be.Athena is my ex-wife.Hell I don't even know when this feeling started but fuck, my blood is boiling right now. I was happy and content with watching her dance and have fun with Rayen. The light in her eyes which has been shinning when she's looking at him made me want to watch more when the idiot came from nowhere and ruined the moment. Rayen’s eyes meet mine from over her shoulder, his little scowl matching the one I'm wearing. At least someone in this damn room gets it.I watch her whisper something to him. I can’t hear the words, but I don’t need to. She lifts Rayen in her arms with that gentleness only she has, and starts toward my table. And for a split second, the rage turns into something else. Something dangerous. Something I shouldn’t wa
Dear Ex Wife, Please take me back Chapter 97 ~ She doesn't like me very much
ATHENA“You look beautiful.” Zayan says to me, and I flash him a smile. I still feel guilty for the trouble I caused him and hadn't spoken to him for over a year. So, I'm shocked to see him among the doctors joining the Quinns program. “You don't look too bad yourself.” I tease as I place my hands on his neck while we slow dance. That's one thing I love about Zayan. It's never awkward with him. Conversations are easy, and he has a great sense of humor. I shake my head, still smiling. “So you’re actually a doctor? I didn’t know.”“I'm pretty sure I mentioned it last time.” He teases, and my cheeks heat in embarrassment. My head has been a mess lately. He smiles, giving me a playful wink,“You're the first woman to have forgotten about me. I'm offended, and for that, you owe me dinner.” “Just say the day, and we can make it work.” I agree, and his lips curve into a full smile. “Didn't think you'd be here today, though.” I study him.Zayan Sinclair comes from a rich family. I don
