Wooing The Ex-Wife

Liza was talking to Ms. Cassandra Clare, one of her all tie favorite authors. She loved the novels by Cassandra Clare. Usually, Liza preferred to stay grounded in reality but there was something in her books that made her forget about everything. She was discussing the contrasting characters of James Carstairs and William Herondale (both of them were characters of a very popular series called 'The infernal Devices') and how despite being so different they still seemed to be similar to each other when someone spoke from behind her. "Excuse me Ms. Clare Do you mind if I borrow her for a moment?" "Yeah, of course, Mr. west" Cassandra replied as she bid Liza goodbye and left to find her husband.

stuttered. Liza chuckled and said "Anything else?" A light pink blush made its way to Jonathan's cheeks "Will you dance with me?" he asked. Liza's smile dropped. Sure she had started talking to Jonathan but was she ready to be this close to him? She didn't feel anything for him, her love for him was long gone. However, talking with Jonathan had revealed a new side to him. He had matured a lot. Unlike before he was no longer the confused man she had married, he now knew what he wanted. Liza was aware that Jonathan still loved her but was it enough? He had loved her four years back and yet his love her hadn't stopped him from cheating on her. He could still revert to his old ways and now that his company had grown, his popularity had grown too. Liza knew that girls threw themselves at him, what if he took one of them up on their offer? Liza knew that she couldn't take that chance again and therefore she needed to distance herself from him before she started to develop any kind of feelings for him. So she politely shook her head and said "No, I have danced

him sipping from the glass of champagne he had handed her earlier. He had been a little dejected from her refusal to dance but he shrugged it, he knew that he had no right to expect anything from Liza. So instead he had offered her a seat and had settled with the fact that he would at least be able to enjoy her company. The green-eyed monster had made its appearance the minute he had seen Liza dancing Alex but there was nothing she could do about it. Besides, she was looking really happy while she was dancing with Alex. What if Alex was better for her than he was? What if she had already for Alex,