Wooing The Ex-Wife

Liza stood there speechless as Jonathan said the words. Her heart was racing at the speed of a mile per second and the loud thudding of her heart made it impossible for her to hear anything. Jonathan’s lips stopped moving and she assumed that he had stopped speaking and was now waiting for her to say something but she stood there silent, words had left her the moment Jonathan had arrived. Jonathan’s nervous gaze met her undecipherable eyes and both of them stood still, despite of the music playing in the background and the people laughing and talking, all they could hear was pin drop silence. It could have been a few seconds or it could have been a few minutes , Jonathan and Liza were unaware of how much time had passed as they stood frozen in the middle of the dance floor, till a couple bumped into them.

It was then they realized that they had been standing there on the dance floor unaware of the clock ticking way and people dancing around them. They apologized and quickly hurried off the dance floor. Liza leading the way. She had no idea how to react, so she just kept walking towards the beach without turning back to look if Jonathan was following her. What do you say to the man you had left without telling anything and who also happened to be the only man you had ever loved?

Jonathan followed Liza quietly. He had given in to his urges of keeping Steve away from Liza without thinking of what Liza’s reaction would be. She had written in the letter that she had forgiven him but would never acknowledge their relationship again. He had no idea how she would react now .Would she greet him civilly or would she shout at him or she would blatantly ignore him. He got his answer, when Liza came to a stop. They were on the beach at a little distance from the wedding. She turned to look at him and asked “What the hell were you thinking Jonathan, appearing in front of me from thin air?” Now that he looked closer he could see that Liza looked different, she had an air of confidence around her, her hair were now longer, he could see the hazel highlights in her hair from up close. “You look different” he said instead of answering her question. ‘Of course I look different. It’s been four years Jonathan.” Liza replied exasperated as Jonathan examined her.

to her. His brown hair were still styled messily, his clean cut suit suited him well if anything he had gotten even more fit in the past four years and his strong jaw looked as smooth as ever. The only difference she noticed was in his eyes. They held a maturity that they did not hold when she had left him. He looked wiser but along with wisdom he also looked colder. The Jonathan she had left was warmer than this Jonathan, he had now turned into

had transpired between them had been kept a secret. Four years ago, ‘West industries’ had been a small company among many others who were trying to survive in the city of New York, at that time no one was interested in knowing what was happening in Jonathan’s life and therefore their divorce had gone unnoticed. Everybody knew that Jonathan had a wife once but nobody knew who she was or what had actually gone down between two of them and Liza was thankful for that. Liza was brought out of her speculations when she heard Jonathan grumble something under his breath. ‘I am sorry, what did you say?” Liza asked. “It has been Four years 3 months and 23 days

Jonathan still hung up on their past ?' she thought. Seeing Jonathan standing before her was giving her a weird feeling. It was as if, her past and present were intermingling at the horizon in form of Jonathan. She had tried to forget her past but she couldn't because she had realized that good or bad every memory was