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Chapter 147

Author: Debbie Inks
last update publish date: 2026-06-24 22:24:36

The waiting had become its own kind of torture.

Hours had passed and Ava no longer knew how many.

The clock hanging above the reception desk had moved through several numbers, but none of them seemed real anymore. Time had stretched and twisted into something unbearable.

She sat, then stood.m, then sat again.

Her legs ached and her head throbbed. Her throat felt raw from holding back fear.

Every time the emergency ward doors opened, her heart lurched violently against her ribs.

Every time it wa
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  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 147

    The waiting had become its own kind of torture.Hours had passed and Ava no longer knew how many.The clock hanging above the reception desk had moved through several numbers, but none of them seemed real anymore. Time had stretched and twisted into something unbearable.She sat, then stood.m, then sat again.Her legs ached and her head throbbed. Her throat felt raw from holding back fear.Every time the emergency ward doors opened, her heart lurched violently against her ribs.Every time it was someone else, just strangers moving through their own tragedies.Ava pressed her palms together and lowered her head."Please," she whispered. The word barely left her lips.She did not even know who she was speaking to anymore.A nurse walked past and Ava immediately stood."Excuse me."The nurse stopped. "Yes?""Please, can you check on them for me?"The nurse offered a sympathetic smile."I understand you are worried, but the doctors are still with them.""Can you tell me anything at all?"

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 146

    The sound of Matthew's body hitting the stairs seemed to echo forever.Ava never remembered moving, one second she was standing beside Sophie, the next, she was running.Her bare feet slammed against the floor as panic flooded every part of her body."Matthew!" His name tore from her throat.By the time she reached him, Grace was already kneeling beside him.Matthew lay awkwardly at the bottom of the staircase, motionless.Ava dropped beside him so quickly her knees struck the floor. "Matthew."Her hands trembled as they reached for his face. "Matthew, look at me."His eyes remained closed, his chest rose and fell, but slowly.Ava swallowed hard, and fear clawed its way up her throat."Matthew."She gently patted his cheek. "Please wake up."Grace pressed her fingers against his neck.For a brief moment, neither woman spoke.Then Grace exhaled. "He has a pulse."Ava released a shaky breath she had not realized she was holding. "Oh, God."Grace looked up. "We need an ambulance."Before

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 145

    The conversation had ended a long time ago, at least, the words had, but the emotions remained.They lingered in the kitchen long after the plates had gone cold and the clock had crawled past midnight.Ava sat across from Sophie, her fingers wrapped loosely around a mug of tea she had not touched in nearly twenty minutes.The apartment was quiet, the kind of quiet that follows a storm.Sophie stared at the table; her eyes were swollen from crying.Ava's weren't much better.Neither woman had expected the night to unfold this way.Years of resentment, years of assumptions, and years of silence, spread across a kitchen table and picked apart, piece by painful piece.Finally, Sophie shifted in her chair, and a faint wince crossed her face.Ava noticed immediately. "What is wrong?"Sophie shook her head. "Nothing." The answer came too quickly.Ava narrowed her eyes. "Sophie.""I am fine." Then she winced again; this one was harder to hide.Ava straightened. "You do not look fine."Sophie

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 144

    The knock came a little after eleven. Ava was sitting on the couch with her son asleep against her chest, a soft blanket draped over his tiny body. The apartment was quiet in that fragile way homes become quiet after midnight, when every sound seems louder than it should. Grace had gone to bed nearly an hour ago. Matthew was asleep in his room too. The television played silently in the background, forgotten. Then the knock came again, three slow knocks. Ava frowned. At that hour, nobody visited without calling first. Carefully, she shifted the baby into the bassinet beside the couch and stood. The fourth knock arrived just as she reached the door. She opened it, and Sophie stood there. For a moment, Ava almost did not recognize her. The woman standing outside looked nothing like the sister who had once walked through life with effortless confidence. Her hair was messy, and her eyes were swollen. She looked exhausted, more than exhausted. Neither of them spoke. The sile

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 143

    The apartment was unusually quiet that afternoon. Grace had taken the baby downstairs for a walk after insisting that Ava needed at least thirty minutes without worrying about feeding schedules, crying spells, or diapers. The silence should have felt peaceful. Instead, it felt unfamiliar. Ava sat at the dining table sorting through company documents she had brought home from the office. Numbers, projections, contracts. Things that obeyed logic. Things that could be repaired if enough effort were applied. The soft sound of a door opening interrupted her thoughts. She looked up, and Matthew stepped out of his room. His movements were steadier than they had been weeks ago, though traces of the accident still lingered in the way he carried himself. The bandage above his temple had started loosening at the edges. Ava noticed immediately. "You are supposed to change that dressing today." Matthew lifted a hand toward his forehead. "The doctor said it could wait until tomorr

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 142

    Ava stood very still after his question.Even the air seemed to pause, waiting for what she would choose to break first.Matthew held the paper loosely in his hand. It was no longer just a document. The longer he stared at it, the more it became something heavier than language, something that seemed to press against his memory without finding a place to land.“What exactly did I do that made you sign this?” he had asked.Ava did not answer immediately.Her eyes stayed on the paper for a long moment, not because she needed to read it again, but because she needed to decide whether she was still the woman who could survive what came after speaking.When she finally looked up, her voice was steady in a way that did not match what was happening behind her eyes.“You want to know why I filed for divorce.”Matthew did not respond, and he did not move.He only watched her, as though stillness could help him catch meaning before it slipped past him.Ava nodded once, almost to herself, like co

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 49

    The car engine went quiet the moment Isabella turned the key.For a second, neither of them moved.The hotel parking lot stretched around them in the warm glow of evening lights. A few other cars sat scattered across the asphalt, their windshields catching the last streaks of sunset.Matthew leaned

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  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 44

    Morning light spilled through the thin curtains of the service apartment, pale and quiet, stretching across the wooden floor in long rectangles. The place still carried the faint warmth of the night before—rumpled couch cushions, the soft scent of coffee beginning to rise from the kitchen.Matthew

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  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 21

    Ava didn’t answer.She stood there in front of his desk, hands resting lightly against the edge, her nails pressing into the polished wood without her realizing it. Matthew watched her in that steady way of his — not blinking much, not moving much either. He had always known how to wait her out.Wh

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  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 17

    Matthew said nothing. But the surprise in his eyes lingered. It wasn’t outrage. It wasn’t anger. It was something quieter. Something unsettled. Like she’d shifted a piece on a board he hadn’t realized they were playing on. Ava didn’t mind. She let him look. Let him wonder. He lowered his gaze t

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-20
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