MR.CEO(bwwm) (REWRITING)

Chapter 19

Alex

I knew Williams ass only wanted one thing from her. I'm a man and I know how low they can think. She's just to stubborn for her own good. She slept in a different bedroom but I didn't care. I didn't want to talk to her right now anyways.

It just irritated me to think of what he could have done to her or my kids if I hadn't gotten there in time. What would of happened if she chose not to even call me. She could be in the hospital right now and have to much pride to call me. She could even be dead right now because she wanted to be in Williams face and not mine.

As mad as I am at her I wasn't a complete dick. Throughout the night I kept checking in on her and bringing her water or anything I felt like she needed.
When I came in for the fifth time everything I gave her was untouched. It annoyed me so I went in my room for good.

At 5AM I felt her slide into bed behind me. Of course she had to much pride to say anything so I rolled over to face her. She was looking at me with tears in her eyes and it broke me to see her like this. We were both silent as if it was a mutual agreement not to speak.

I lifted up my arm and she snuggled right into my chest. She started to sob and shake while apologizing to me over and over again.

"Grey stop you're going to stress the babies. I'm sorry too, just try to relax and sleep please. We will talk tomorrow."

My words were enough because she fell asleep holding on to me tightly all night long. As much as I was enjoying her being close to me, a part of me was pissed that it took all of this unnecessary shit to get back to this point.

Because we were awake most of the night, we woke up in the afternoon. It was around 11 so I got up to head to the office and catch up until we open again after the lunch break.
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All day I was busting my ass and thinking about Grey. How could she tell me that she loves me and then go get involved with another guy. The balls she must have had to call me to rescue her was another story.

You leave a guy and expect them to save you, how does that work?

After working all day to catch up with what I missed in the morning, I decided to head home. It was around 7 and I had to face Grey again not even knowing what to say. I didn't know if we were even going to speak to each other.
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When I stepped into the house, the smell of food hit my nose. It was weird though, usually you know what's cooking but I couldn't put my finger on it.

I made my way into the kitchen to see Grey putting what looked like her tenth plate of food on the table. There was a different food on every plate so I spoke up out of curiosity.

"What is this? What are you doing Grey?"

She turned around quickly, startled by my voice.

"It's your favorite foods, I wanted to say sorry so come sit"

I hesitated before I walked up to the island and took a seat. It all looked delicious but this was stupid to me.

"You said this is your way of saying sorry yes?"

"Well yeah, I know that you always liked for me to cook for you so-"

I cut her off because I was agitated. I couldn't help but scoff. She really thought food was going to fix this.

"No no no are you serious right now? Wait, don't answer that. Sadly I know that you are. This Grey? How old are we huh? This shit right here (I circled my hands around the table pointing to the food) this isn't going to cut it."

"Well, what will cut it then?"

"You have to fight."

She looked at me shocked that I said it. I kept a straight face letting her know that I wasn't playing.

"I have to fight?" She started to laugh in disbelief

"Yes Grey you have to fight!! The same way I've been busting my ass to fight for you and you have yet to appreciate it."

I slapped the table out of frustration making her jump back. She was silent for a while then spoke up.

"Well what do you want me to do?"

"What do you mean what do I want you to do. I just told you. Prove to me that this is what you want. If not we will just have to suck it up and co-parent because, I can't keep running around like a chicken with their head cut off to prove to you that I love you. I am a good man Grey, I have been nothing but good to you. You're just ungrateful and it pisses me off. Prove to me that you appreciate me. Prove to me that you love me. Don't make me some fucking food like I'm a child!!"

I had enough and walked upstairs, leaving her in the kitchen.

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The next morning I came downstairs and she was dressed in work attire. So she found a job, at least she was taking care of herself.

We didn't make eye contact or speak. Tension filled the room and we could both feel it. I went to work and so did she. We both pulled up to the house around 6 and met at the door.

I unlocked it and held the door open for her. She walked straight to the kitchen and I followed. We both grabbed a bottle of water and sat at the island facing each other as if this was planned.

After a while of just staring at each other, she pulled out a piece of paper and slid it to me. It was an advertisement for couples therapy. I looked back at her and she gave me a shy smile.

"I already called and asked a bunch of questions. We could start tomorrow during lunch if you'd like."

"Yes I'd like that. Thank you"

We sat at the table in silence a little longer. I got up to heat up one of my meals from the buffet she made me and I went to sleep. She did the same and went to sleep alone in another room again.