The Ex-Wife

Chapter 2 -Face To Face Again

Primrose (P.O.V)

I could feel my heart racing and hands shaking. So many thoughts running through my head wondering why the hell is Grayson Blackthorn on my porch.

"Prim please open the door!!". Grayson said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"What are you doing here Grayson?". I asked clenching my fists at my side.

"I came to see you and talk about our son". Grayson said as my anger boiled and my eye twitch as he referred to Cole as his son.

I grabbed my keychain that had my pepper spray off of the hook. I could never be too safe especially living in New York. I made sure the chain was on the door before I slowly opened it glaring at him.

"Cole isn't your son Grayson you lost that right when you didn't reply to the letter I sent you the week he was born. Why are you here?". I hissed angrily at his audacity and I wasn't ready to face him just yet.

"Can you let me in I don't think you would appreciate if your neighbors heard our discussion as we do have a lot to talk about". Grayson said stuffing his hands into his pocket.

"Fine but just so you know if you come anywhere near me I won't hesitate to pepper spray you". I said as I held the pepper spray up and slowly unlock the door.

Grayson looked at me with wide eyes as I made sure to have a good distance between us and the pepper spray visible to him.

"Is that really necessary?". Grayson asked nervously looking back and forth between me and the pepper spray.

"Of course it's necessary as you don't know the meaning of personal space and I rather you not corner me". I said as I close the door and made sure he walked into the living room first as I followed behind him.

"I'm not going to hurt you Prim I just want to talk to you and be in Cole life". Grayson said as I looked into his eyes to see many emotions running through them.

"You already hurt me more than once Grayson". I said glaring at him. "What intrigued my curiosity is why in hell have you waited five years to take interest in Cole?". I said putting my hand on hip but still held my other hand up with my pepper sprayed never letting my guard down.

"I know you never cheated on me with my father. Emily confess the pictures she had given me has been altered. Apparently my insecurities were noticeable and she had someone follow you unfortunately for her you did nothing out of the ordinary until you were seen with my father one day". Grayson explained it took a lot of my willpower not to curse him to another state as I didn't want Cole to wake up. Luckily his bedroom was in the back of the house with a view of the backyard.

"Wait on minute". I said trying to control my anger. "Are you f*****g pulling my leg right now because that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I honestly think you just wanted to find a reason to go back to your bachelor life". I said glaring at him.

"No I'm not and that isn't true I was happy with our life". Grayson muttered as he rub the back of his neck.

"It's taking so much of my willpower not to pepper-sprayed you right now. Why in the hell would you believe Emily over me when you know all the stunt she had pulled while she was your secretary. I can't believe you would think me and your father would betray you and your mother like that". I hissed at him in anger.

"I'm sorry Prim I was blinded by my insecurities". Grayson said ashamed.

"So you finally got your head out of your ass long enough to listen to the truth and want to be a part of my son life because now you know he's yours". I said snorting at him ignoring the hurt I saw in his eyes.

"If that's the way you want to put it then yes". Grayson said running his fingers through his hair.

"Then what do you want from this little reunions Grayson". I said crossing my arms.

"As I already stated I want to be a part of Cole life he is my son. I want him to meet and be apart of our family". Grayson said as I ignored the flutter in my chest. I had been close to the Blackthorn family ever since we met I saw them as my own.

"I wonder whose fault it is the Cole doesn't have his family in his life as his father chose to believe lies and didn't take the other opportunity I had given him when he was born. You were to blinded by your insecurities because your wife had been 12 years younger than you it was easy to believe what you wanted to see then to believe you had a faithful wife who never cared about what you had like other women did". I said sarcastically rolling my eyes.

"What happened to you Prim?". Grayson asked with a hurt expression.

"I grew up Grayson you really didn't expect me to cry over you. I had to grow a backbone to provide for my son as I was going to be on my own the only support I had was Noel". I said crossing my arms not telling the complete truth as I was still in contact with his younger sister Callahan.

It was shortly after our divorce the day I went to tell him about Cole and was met with closed doors that I ran into Callahan in the lobby. Grayson never told his family why we were getting divorced they were in the dark. I wanted to tell them about their grandson and nephew but I didn't want to cause a split with the family.

My stomach was already showing at that point although I wore loosefitting clothes but Callahan was close enough to notice my baby bump and demanded to be a part of her nephew life. Even if she didn't understand why me and Grayson separated I explain everything as best as I could as I was still missing a large piece of the puzzle until now.

"What can I do for you to forgive me and allow me to be in my son's life. I want us to have a second chance". Grayson said as I looked at him as if he was crazy.

"A second chance at what?". I asked raising a brow.

"I want us to be a family again". Grayson said as he tried to walk towards me but I raised my pepper spray again stopping him in his tracks.

"Grayson we were never a family as you chose to ignore Cole's existence until today. The chances of us of being a family is close to non-existence. If I ever truly gave you a chance you would have a lot of work ahead of you as I'm not the woman you married". I said even if I still love him I wouldn't put myself through the pain again or drag Cole through it.

"What can I do to fix things?". Grayson asked desperately as I sighed.

"I will give you one more chance to be Cole's father and if you mess it up forget of his existence. I will not allow you to hurt my son because of your stupidity and insecurities". I said glaring at him.

"I'm sorry I hurt you two Prim. I made the biggest mistake of my life the night you left by not talking to you clearly instead I was driven by my blindness at the though of you and my father. I not only messed up my relationship with you but with him as well". Grayson said looking ashamed of himself.

"Yeah that was the biggest mistake of your life". I said sarcastically. "At least you've gotten smarter. You should have show me the evidence you had of my supposedly cheating. I'm confused why would you think I would cheat with your father. He is more than twice my age and if you would have asked about our meeting you would have be told we were planning your surprise party for the following month. Your mom was out of town and we still had need to coordinate a few details with the party planner we had hired". I said as Grayson looked like he had the wind knocked out of him when he collapsed on the armchair.

"Then why didn't you fight for us?". Grayson asked hurt looked up at me.

"Simple as I told you that night when there's no trust in a relationship there isn't one. I also wanted to leave with the little dignity I had left after your accusations and you not listening to anything I was saying". I said rolling my eyes.

"I'm so sorry Prim". Grayson said making me roll my eyes.

"Stop with the apologizing it is not going to fix anything. What we've been through is in the past and I rather not relive it. The only reason we are having this conversation is for Cole stake. He deserves to have a father and I will not deprive him of it but I will not allow you to be in and out of his life. We aren't going to uproot our lives either". I said as I felt completely exhausted.

"You would never consider moving back to home?". Grayson asked as I saw his fists clenched at his side.

"This is our home Grayson this is where our life is as I said I will not uproot Cole nor leave everything I've work for behind". I said glaring at him.

"Fine I'll do anything to be a part of our son's life. I want to make up for everything I did. Not just to you but more importantly to Cole". Grayson said in a painful tone.

"Remember I'm doing this for Cole I don't want there to be any miscommunication between us". I said in a serious tone.

"Do you think you would ever be able to give me another chance?". Grayson asked looking into my eyes.

"I don't know Grayson I just don't know". I whispered loud enough for him to hear.

I still harbor feelings for him but he would have a lot of work ahead of him before I would ever consider giving him a chance. Right now what's important is for Grayson to have a relationship with Cole.