MY EX's COMEBACK

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o myself, picking up the phone

n your side," I thought, sh

d clipped. There was a beat of silence on the other end

off. "it's not his turn to be interviewed,"

I asked, my tone stern. "Se

ll sigh. "Yes, ma'am," she said, her vo

. This was no time to lose my cool. I needed to be at the top of my game. I took one last look in the

ay back to my life after five years. A sense of anger and bitterness welled up inside me. It all came rushing back - the betrayal, the pain, th

and I said, "Come in." I tur

ered, his voice shaking slightl

was a voice I had hoped never to hear again. But there it was, clear as day, standing in my office. There

and cold. I didn't bother to turn around an

ew, ma'am," he stammered,

ualified," I said bluntly. "You're wasting my time, and your o

't let you down. I'll do anything to prove myself, I'll work

asked, turning to face him. "Five years ago, I was in your s

tanding. "You're... "You're Lisa," he said, his voice barely above a whisper. "I n

what you did. You can't take back the way you treated me

dn't bring myself to care. He had done too much damage, had broken me too many times. I had spen

ed, taking a step towards me. But I held

on. "What is there to explain, Alexander? That you ran off with my stepsist

me, a mix of pain and anger tha

ep towards me. But I was having none of it.

now you expect me to just forgive you? To pretend like nothing happened? It's too late f

awn. I could see the regret in his e

lex said, his voice f

nted to hear, not what he really felt. It was infuri

betrayed me, not just with another woman, but with my stepsister! And now you ex

out, his hand extended towards me. But I had no intention of falling for hi

closer!" I yelled, my

passing and the reading of his will. You know I'll be getting the lion's share of his inheritance, an

Susie, she was the one who put the idea in my head. She told me you would never be happy with me, that I would never b

"So you're trying to pin this all on Susie, ar

here's a man in my office," I said, my voice shaking with anger. "H

uld see the fear

trained on Alex. Without a word, he motioned for him to stand up and f

"I have to avenge my child, the one you so callously turned y

.. I didn't know," he stammered, his voice weak and uncertain.

its peak. "You could have asked," I

e justice, like I was finally getting back at him for all the pain he had caused me. It reminded me of the da