The Unwanted Wife's Return (Ex-Husband Wants Me Back) novel Chapter 325

The Line I Crossed 

Mary’s POV: 

Elowen’s kindergarten was a fifteen-minute drive from the house. 

I held her hand the whole way there. She didn’t pull away, didn’t squirm, didn’t complain that I was holding too tight. She just walked beside me with her purple backpack slung over her shoulder, her hair finally brushed, her dress replaced with jeans and a t-shirt that said I Heart Unicorns in glittery letters. 

At the classroom door, she stopped and turned to look at me. 

“Mommy?” 

“Yes, baby?” 

“Are you going to talk to Dad today?” 

I crouched down so we were eye to eye. “Yes. I am.” 

“Are you going to be sad again after?” 

The question was so simple, and so complicated, and so perfectly her that I almost started crying right there in the hallway. 

“No,” I said. “I’m not going to be sad. I promise.” 

She studied my face for a long moment. Then she nodded, as if satisfied, and threw her arms around my neck. 

“I love you, Mommy.” 

“I love you too, baby. Have a good day.” 

She disappeared into the classroom, and I stood there for a moment longer than I should have, watching her through the small window in the door. She was already talking to a friend, already laughing, already moving forward in a way that I was still learning how to do. 

I turned and walked back to my car. 

Alistair’s company was in the financial district, a glass and steel tower that rose above the surrounding buildings like a monument to everything he had built. 

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