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Chapter 15

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Morning slipped into the kitchen on quiet feet.

Ava stood at the stove, staring at the blue flame under the pan long after the butter had melted. The house felt too big and still again. Matthew had left before sunrise—she’d heard the shower, the closet door, the soft thud of his shoes on the stairs. No goodbye. Just the distant click of the front door closing.

Sophie walked in, tying her robe tighter around her waist.

“You’re not going to sit here all day, are you?” she asked.

Ava didn’t look a
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  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 118

    The apartment was quiet except for the low hum of the refrigerator and the rain tapping softly against the windowpanes. Matthew sat at the edge of the narrow couch, elbows resting on his knees, his phone loose in his hand. The lamp beside him cast a dull amber glow across the room, catching the sharp exhaustion carved beneath his eyes. An untouched takeout container sat on the coffee table. He couldn't remember when he had bought it. Or when he last ate. His phone vibrated again. The screen lit up with Sophie’s name for several seconds before fading dark again. Then it rang immediately after. Matthew leaned back slowly, dragging a hand over his face. His jaw tightened. For a moment, he considered turning the phone off entirely. The ringing continued. He closed his eyes briefly before answering. “What?” Sophie inhaled sharply on the other end, as though she had been bracing herself for him to reject the call again. “Matthew.” Her voice trembled with frustration

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 117

    The last suitcase clicked shut inside the trunk with a dull metallic sound that echoed faintly through the quiet compound.Matthew stood beside the car without moving.The evening air carried the scent of damp concrete and trimmed grass, the same scent that had greeted him every night for years whenever he came home late from work. The lights along the driveway glowed softly against the fading sky, illuminating the house behind him in warm gold.His house. Or at least, it had been.The windows were still open upstairs. One curtain shifted gently with the breeze.Matthew stared at it longer than he meant to.Three years of mornings, arguments, silence, and lies.Ava walking barefoot down the stairs with sleep still lingering in her eyes.Ava sitting by the dining waiting for him long after dinner had gone cold.Ava smiling at him in ways he had stopped deserving long before she finally left.His jaw tightened.The ache behind his ribs had become constant lately, settling deep enough th

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 116

    The bedroom no longer looked lived in.Drawers stood open. Half-empty shelves exposed pale outlines where picture frames and watches had once rested. Clothes lay folded across the bed in uneven stacks, some carefully arranged, others thrown together with the kind of exhaustion that came when a person stopped caring how things looked as long as they were done.Matthew stood by the suitcase at the foot of the bed, stuffing another pile of shirts inside.The zipper strained slightly. He pressed it down harder.Sophie remained near the doorway, her arms wrapped tightly around herself, fingers digging into the sleeves of her cardigan as though she needed the pressure to hold herself together.She had been standing there for almost ten minutes.Trying to understand how a person could dismantle a life with such terrifying calm.“You are really leaving,” she said at last.Matthew did not look at her.“I told you the house has been sold.”“That is not what I asked.”He picked up another shirt

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 115

    The television filled the room with soft light and scattered laughter, the kind that rose easily and faded without consequence. Ava leaned back into the couch, one hand resting lightly against her stomach, her shoulders finally easing in a way they had not in days. Grace sat beside her, one leg tucked under the other, her attention split between the screen and Ava’s reactions. “You see that?” Grace said, pointing lightly toward the television. “That is exactly what I was telling you earlier. He is pretending, and she is the only one who cannot see it.” Ava laughed, the sound quieter than it used to be. “I think she sees it,” Ava replied. “She just does not want to admit it yet.” Grace turned to look at her, studying her face for a moment. “That sounds personal,” she said. Ava’s smile lingered, but something in her eyes shifted slightly, like a thought brushing too close to the surface. “It is not,” she said after a second, her voice light, almost dismissive. Grace hu

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 114

    “They came to check the house,” Matthew said. Sophie stared at him, her brows pulling together as if she had heard something that refused to make sense. “For what?” she asked. Matthew did not answer immediately. His fingers brushed against the edge of the file on the table, aligning it without looking at it, a small, deliberate movement that bought him a few seconds. Then he looked up. “I sold the house.” Sophie blinked. Her lips parted, but no words came out at first. The silence stretched, thick and disorienting, before her breath finally caught up with her thoughts. “You did what?” “I sold the house,” Matthew repeated, his voice steady, as though repetition might make it easier to accept. Sophie let out a short, incredulous breath, her hand lifting slightly before dropping again. “Which house?” she asked, though her eyes had already swept around the room, taking in the walls, the furniture, the life that sat quietly in every corner. Matthew did not follow her

  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 113

    The front door opened with a quiet click that did not match the tension it carried. Matthew stepped inside first, his movements purposeful, followed closely by two men whose presence filled the space without effort. They did not speak as they entered, but their eyes moved—over the furniture, the walls, the details that made the house feel lived in. Sophie looked up from the couch, the remote still resting loosely in her hand. Her gaze flickered from Matthew to the men behind him, then back again, something unreadable settling in her expression. Matthew did not meet her eyes. “You can go ahead,” he said to the men, his voice even, almost detached. “Look around.” One of them gave a short nod. The other had already started walking, his steps measured, deliberate, as though he were cataloging everything without needing to say a word. Sophie straightened slowly, her fingers tightening slightly around the remote before she set it aside. “What is this?” she asked, her voice calm, but

  • 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

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-22
  • 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

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-04-02
  • 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 update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-20
  • After The Divorce: Ex-husband's Regret   Chapter 13

    The television is too loud, or maybe the house is just too quiet around it.Sophie sits cross-legged on the rug, half-watching some cooking show, half-scrolling through her own thoughts. The laugh track rises and falls in the background, artificial and bright.Ava is curled into the corner of the c

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-19
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