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After The Divorce: He Wanted Me Back Chapter 113
Isabella By the time I get home, the silence feels heavier than the conversation.I don’t remember the drive.I don’t remember walking past Mia’s door.I only remember closing mine.The click of the lock sounds louder than it should.I lean my back against the door and slide down slowly until I’m sitting on the floor, the silk of my dress pooling around me. The house is quiet. Too quiet. No music. No city hum. No Gabriel standing too close.Just me.And the truth I’ve been trying to outrun.My chest tightens before I can stop it.I press my hand over my mouth as the first sob slips out anyway.It’s not graceful. It’s not controlled. It’s the kind of cry that starts in your ribs and claws its way up. My shoulders shake, and I fold into myself, forehead dropping to my knees.I love him.The realization doesn’t arrive dramatically.It’s just there.Solid. Unavoidable.I love him.Even after the betrayal. Even after the vineyard. Even after I built an entire strategy around tearing down
After The Divorce: He Wanted Me Back Chapter 112
Isabella I watch the words land on him.Your family got exactly what they wanted.I lost everything.Gabriel doesn’t defend himself immediately. He doesn’t reach for me. He just stands there like a man who finally understands the shape of the wound.“I didn’t know they moved on the vineyard that fast,” he says, his voice controlled but strained as he runs a hand through his hair. “By the time I found out, the acquisition was already structured through holding companies.”I let out a cold laugh and shake my head.“You’re telling me the great Gabriel Thorne didn’t know?” I ask, lifting a brow as I step away from the railing. “You expect me to believe that?”His jaw tightens, but he doesn’t snap back.“I knew they were circling it,” he admits, his gaze steady on mine. “I didn’t know they would close it without my approval.”“Without your approval,” I repeat, my voice sharp as I fold my arms. “So that’s the problem? That you weren’t consulted?”“That’s not what I meant,” he says quickly,
After The Divorce: He Wanted Me Back Chapter 111
Isabella I didn’t answer him right away.I just looked at him.The quiet desperation in his eyes made something twist inside my chest, and I hated that it still had that effect on me. I hated that even now, after everything, I could still see the man I loved underneath the mistakes.My fingers tightened around the railing.“I need you to listen,” I said, my voice low but steady as I folded my arms across my chest to stop them from shaking.His jaw tightened, but he nodded.“When I lost the baby,” I continued, pressing my palm flat against my stomach without meaning to, “I didn’t just lose a child. I lost everything I had already planned in my head.”My throat burned, but I forced the words out.“I had names, Gabriel,” I said, letting out a brittle laugh as I shook my head. “I had a whole future mapped out. I knew what the nursery would look like. I knew how you’d pretend not to panic in the delivery room.”His face crumpled slightly, but I didn’t stop.“I was furious,” I admitted, li
After The Divorce: He Wanted Me Back Chapter 110
Isabella The night air settled gently around us, cooler than I expected. I adjusted his jacket over my shoulders and leaned both hands against the railing, staring down at the quiet stretch of traffic below.Gabriel stood beside me, close but not touching. I could feel the awareness in him — not tension, just presence.After a moment, he glanced at me from the corner of his eye.“You don’t usually come to places like this,” he said, resting his forearms against the railing. His voice was calm, curious rather than accusatory.I kept my gaze on the skyline. “That’s not true.”A faint smile tugged at his mouth. “You prefer quieter rooms. Private restaurants. Corners.”I turned my head slightly to look at him. “This is quiet.”“Not like this,” he replied, gesturing subtly toward the glow below us. “This is… visible.”I exhaled softly.He wasn’t wrong.“I needed noise,” I said after a beat, tracing the cool metal of the railing with my fingertips. “Just not the kind that demands anything
After The Divorce: He Wanted Me Back Chapter 109
IsabellaI let my fingers rest on the table instead of retreating. His hand was still there, close enough that the warmth of his skin felt deliberate, like an unspoken question.“You’re assuming too much,” I said quietly, though my voice lacked its usual sharpness. I tilted my head slightly, studying him the way I used to when I was deciding whether he was telling me the truth.Gabriel didn’t flinch under the scrutiny. If anything, he leaned into it. “Then tell me I’m wrong,” he said, his tone calm but steady, as if he was bracing for impact he wouldn’t run from.I inhaled slowly. The music swelled behind us, low and intimate, like the room was conspiring.For a few seconds, we just listened to the music. The saxophone melted into the low hum of conversations around us. Glass clinked softly. Laughter drifted from somewhere near the bar.“You didn’t answer me earlier,” I said, turning slightly in my seat so I was facing him more openly. “Why are you here?”He stared into his glass for
After The Divorce: He Wanted Me Back Chapter 108
Isabella Daniel blinked once, clearly recalibrating. The easy confidence he’d been wearing slipped into something more polite.“I didn’t realize,” he said, offering me a small apologetic smile before stepping back. “Enjoy your evening.”Gabriel inclined his head in acknowledgment, not triumphant, not aggressive. Just steady.Daniel walked away.For a second, none of us moved.Then Mia let out a soft, amused breath and pushed her glass away. “Well,” she murmured, glancing between the two of us as she slid out of the booth, “that was dramatic in a very expensive way.”I shot her a warning look.She only smiled wider.“I’m going to the bar,” she added, smoothing down her blazer as she stood. “Try not to sign any emotional contracts while I’m gone.”“Mia,” I warned under my breath.But she was already stepping away, brushing past Gabriel with a look that was half teasing, half assessing.And then—It was just us.Gabriel didn’t sit immediately. He watched me first.Not boldly.Not hungri
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