Chasing After My Ex-Husband

tered against the windows, echoing

m the shower he just had. He raised his head to see Len

talk." Lena said as

ad. "Go ahead, I'm li

of Grayson. He glanced at the file and his eyes w

on as he stood up from the couch, his hair sticking to

her arms crossed tightly over her c

she said, her voice chilling

ists, trying to steady himself. "You don't

er eyes meeting his with an icy resolve

can you say that? After everything we've b

ild!" she cut in sharply. H

trembling. "Why, Lena? What changed? What did I

ent. But then she steeled herself, forcing her voice to remain steady. "This isn'

g inside him. "No," he said firmly. "You don't just decide to throw away a mar

s at her sides. "I don't owe yo

he veins in his neck tightening.

way that mattered," she spat

ack as though she'd struck him with a knife. "What... what

uld destroy him. "I never loved you, Grayson. I married you because

e, his eyes filled with disbelief.

there's someone else. Someone I actually lov

the pounding rain against the windows. Grayson's hands t

y, his voice breaking. "You're

pain in his eyes was unbearable, but

ing in defeat. "So that's it, then? All of this was

she said, her voice

ce. "I won't let you do this

thrust them towards him. "You will, or I'll make thi

y. "It's pouring outside, Lena

crossing her arms. "You're not

back, his face a mix of anger and heartbreak. "You're really doing this? Kicki

silence cutting deepe

pen from the table and signed the papers with shaking hands. The sound of the pen

rowing the pen down.

He stopped briefly, glancing back at her one last time. "I hop

e, stepping out int

*

ho stood in the driveway. He had no coat, no um

His footsteps echoed in the empty street as he walked down from the house he once called home, the rain

she was staring at nothing in particular her face cold as ice. She

soon burst into ripples of laughter,