Wooing The Ex-Wife

Liza shifted her eyes from the printed sheet in her hand to the man standing in front of her, her heart pounding, her brain trying to comprehend the situation. "Why?" she asked, it was the only word she could speak without punching Jonathan and wrapping her hands around him at the same time. "What do you mean by why? You are getting promoted Liz. You have worked your ass off, you deserve it." Jonathan said, his smile stretching wide, nearly splitting his face. However there was a brittleness to his smile, as if it would fall any second, breaking the façade he had woven so intricately. "Don't turn this Jonathan. Why are you going back?" Liza asked glaring at him. She didn't want promotion, she loved her job and was content doing what she did. She didn't want to be the managing director, especially if it meant Jonathan leaving for New York.

"Its high time I go back to New York. West industries is a large corporation Liz. I can't manage it from here. This company is now stable. Besides it is still a part of west Industries and I am still the chairman of this company. Think of it as filling in for me when I am not available." he said gently. He could see that Liza was upset and he hated it but he had no choice except to leave. He couldn't just stay that close to her and not fall for her. He needed to put some distance between them. He had managed to put his feelings for Liza on the back burner for a long time and now they were bursting to come forward, they were bubbling threatening to overflow from the carefully constructed dam in which he held them. Last time he had managed to live through her rejection because he had understood her reasons but this time it would be fatal for him. He couldn't allow it to happen again, it would only hurt them both, so the only choice was to create a ridge, to move away from her.

just friends now and even if they were was it so easy for him to go away? Liza shook her head, she was being too selfish. She couldn't expect Jonathan to stay in California forever, she had forgotten that he had his headquarters at New York, that he had a mega industry to manage. It was no longer like old days, he had responsibilities to fulfill and duties to uphold, she couldn't expect him to put everything on hold for her especially when she had been the one to reject him, the one who had inhibition about going further than friendship. But could she survive it, could she handle letting him go again? She had left him because he had betrayed her, turned her into someone she was not but he was also the one who had changed himself, learnt from his faults, stood by her as she dated another man and supported her after her break up with him. He was the same man who cared for her more than he cared for himself, while Alice and Alex had been in honeymoon