Pursuing my ex Wife

Nicky

                          Audrey's pov

I never thought I'd see the day I eat dinner with my ex-husband's ex mistress that too in a civil manner.

No arguing, no fighting, just Nicky and I at some top-tier fine dining restaurant.

We didn't exchange two words besides 'hello, how have you been' since we arrived.

Meeting her in the parking lot was so unexpected, heck, Nicky approaching me and asking me out was unexpected.

A short waiter with short pink hair approached our table with a scowl that turned into a fake ass smile once she reached our table.

"Good evening, my name is Eve. Here are the drinks and meal menu," she said, then handed us two thin black menus that had a golden title written in neat bold cursive.

Then, she left us to read through the menus.

Soon, the waitress came back with a small notebook and pen.

"Are you ready to order?" She asked in a fake cheery note. She sure made her 'happy' mood known.

"I'll have a glass of red wine and a well-done steak with a side of mash and gravy, and some grilled vegetables," i ordered.

"I'll have a glass of this bombshell drink. Make it two. Also, give me a chicken salad, and instead of olive oil, please drizzle coconut oil, " Nicky ordered, and the waitress left.

"I see you're still a lover of wine," Nicky  commented as soon as the waitress was not in view anymore.

"Good old wine will forever be my favorite." I said, finally looking at her.

Nicky still loves green I see. She's wearing a lime green tube top that matches with her long flowy skirt, a shiny silver necklace decorates her long, slender neck, and her wavy blonde hair is laying elegantly on her back. Her lips are coated with a nude lip gloss, and her make-up is kept to a minimum matching her outfit.

"Hmm, I didn't know you owned Sizzle me timbers," she said, and I nodded.

"It's a family business, by the way, I never thought you'd ever take me out on a date" I joked and Nicky chuckled then looked out the window with a distant look in her eyes.

"You're paying right?" I pouted my lips and gave her puppy dog eyes making her lighting chuckle when she finally looks back at me.

"This is not a date Audrey don't push it," she said, pointing at her slim index finger at me.

"Hehe," I dimmed down my laugh as the waitress came back with three drinks.

As soon the wine glass hit the white table cloth, the waitress poured the red wine for me and two ice cubes as I asked.

Then she put cocktail glasses with a nude pink color in front of Nicky, who grinned at her drinks.

"Your food will be ready in ten minutes," the waitress said, then left.

After taking a sip of my red wine, I suddenly got a splash of newfound confidence.

"What am I doing here?" I asked, and Nicky's facial expressions showed me that she had expected me to ask her that.

"Well, have this first," she said then slid one of her cocktails towards me.

I looked at her skeptically before taking a sip of the cocktail.

The cocktail was unexpectedly good with a really strong taste, a ting of citrus and sweetness to it, making me want more of it.

"Thanks?" I said with a smile.

"I knew you'd love it,!" She said i smiled before taking another sip. Nicky cleated her throat, upon catching my attention, she said "So...the reason I brought us here is because i wanted to apologize," she said so confidently, but there was a slight hesitation as if apologizing was a difficult task for her.

"Apologize? To me?" I asked confused. I mean, It's been two years and I already forgave her, even I have yet to apologize to her.

"Yeah, what happened two years ago was immature of me. I mean, the way I treated you and how I behaved wasn't right. I noticed it when Andre lost interest in me, and I guess that threatened me...well, you threatened me. After Andre and Annabella walked out of my life because of my lie, I canceled all my modeling gigs to better myself. I got into therapy, and I gained some weight, which, I-ofcourse had to get rid of before going back into the modeling space.  I met someone while in Italy, he made me become even better and after him, I realized I want kids and my own family,i regret terminating my-uhh...my baby. I guess I didn't or wasn't ready to have a family with Andre because I was obsessed with him and being perfect for him, not for me. So I'm very sorry and I apologize for ending your marriage with him." Nicky said, then blinked a few tears back as her eyes became glossy.

With a soft, genuine smile on my lips, I extended my hand forward and held her palm to which she looked at me before looking down again.

I have never seen Nicky this open before, in such a raw and vulnerable state.

"Nicky, thank you. Thank you for your apology, I forgave you a long time ago, and no, you are not responsible for ending my marriage with Andre. After all we've been through, I couldn't have stayed with him. Heck, he could've tried harder not to let me go, but divorcing was a choice. It was our decision. I needed to choose me for once in my life, I needed a break, I needed to be free from all the stress that came with being his wife, it wad all too much Nicky. It hurt to leave him, but I had to leave. If I didn't, I wouldn't be half the woman I am today. And im sorry as well, for coming between you and him. I could've fought harder to not marry him but i allowed mysef to be weak causing both our relationships to break, so i apologize Nicky." I softly said.

"Thanks for your forgiveness, you didn't have to apologize, you had no choice but to do it for your father. Your forgiveness means a lot to me. You did good by choosing you and choosing what you know is right for you." She said.

Nicky quickly changed the topic as we were being a little too emo. She's sctually really cool, I know I thought this before and turned out to be wrong, but this time, seeing her open up about everything and ACTUALLY apologize has me seeing her in a different light.

The rest of the evening was spent with Nicky. This was like a date...platonic date!!  Not what you're thinking.

I mean after we ate, We decided on going to the rooftop of the resturant and just sip wine and talk about the current affairs and i got to learn through her that Andre has happily moved on with a beautiful bollywood actress by the name of Payal Chopra, she's says it's a rumor but I believe every rumor has some truth to it.

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