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Chapter 13 - A Banquet interrupted
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2026-05-02 23:05:24
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HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
CATHERINE'S POVThree weeks passed.Three weeks of quiet mornings and late night phone calls. Three weeks of Ryan showing up at my office with lunch, of walks in the park, of conversations that started careful and ended honest.Three weeks of learning to trust him again.It wasn't easy. There were moments when I looked at him and saw the man who had ignored me for six years. Moments when his touch made me flinch. Moments when I wanted to run.But I didn't.One step at a time.Michael called it "the world's slowest courtship.""You're basically dating your ex-husband," he said one afternoon, sprawled on my office couch. "But with more emotional baggage and fewer dinner dates.""We have dinner dates.""Do you?"I threw a pen at him. He caught it."I'm just saying," he continued, "you could make him work harder. The man put you through hell for six years. Make him sweat a little.
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
CATHERINE'S POVThe beach house felt different in the morning.Lighter. Warmer. Like the walls had absorbed something good and were reflecting it back at me.I woke before Ryan. I slipped out of bed and walked to the kitchen, barefoot on the cold floor. I made coffee. I opened the windows. I let the ocean air fill the house.This is real, I kept thinking. This is actually happening.Ryan appeared in the doorway, his hair messy, his eyes still heavy with sleep. He was wearing only his undershirt and boxers. He looked vulnerable. Human."Morning," he said, his voice rough."Morning."He walked to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. He rested his chin on my shoulder."I thought I dreamed it," he murmured."Drank too much?"He laughed softly. "No. I thought I dreamed you. That you were here. That you said yes."I turned to face him. "I didn't say yes. I said maybe."
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER - FORTY THREE
CATHERINE'S POVThe beach house looked different in the afternoon light.Softer. Warmer. Less like a hiding place and more like a home.I arrived early. I wanted time to think. Time to breathe. Time to decide what I was going to say.I walked through the rooms, touching the walls, the furniture, the memories. My father's sailboat still sat on the mantel, unfinished. My old photographs still hung on the walls.This is where I came to hide, I thought. This is where I came to heal.I stepped onto the porch and looked at the ocean. The waves rolled in, steady and endless. The sun was beginning its slow descent, painting the sky in shades of gold and pink.Beautiful, I thought. Even after everything, the world is still beautiful.I heard the car before I saw it.A black BMW pulled into the driveway. The engine cut. The door opened.Ryan stepped out.He looked different. Tired. Ner
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER - FORTY TWO
CATHERINE'S POVI woke to sunlight streaming through the curtains.For a moment, I didn't remember where I was. Then it all came back the file, the confrontation, the note, the ring.It's over.I lay there for a long time, staring at the ceiling. My body felt heavy. My mind felt light.Sarah's gone. Or she will be. Either way, I won.I sat up and reached for my phone.No new messages from Unknown. No cryptic words. No midnight confessions.Just silence.He's giving me space.I smiled. Good.I made coffee and drank it on the balcony. The city was waking up below me cars honking, people rushing, life moving forward.I should feel different, I thought. I should feel free.But I didn't. Not yet.There was still one thing left to do.I picked up my phone and dialed."Michael? Can you meet me? I need to tell you something."We met at
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER - FORTY ONE
CATHERINE'S POVThe Celestial Lounge was quiet when I arrived.Too quiet.The kind of quiet that came before a storm. The kind that made your skin prickle and your instincts scream.I walked through the lobby, my heels clicking against the marble floor. The staff nodded as I passed. No one stopped me. No one asked questions.They know, I realized. They've been told to expect me.I took the elevator to the top floor. The same hallway. The same room.I pushed open the door.Sarah was already there.She sat at the table, a glass of wine in front of her, her legs crossed elegantly. She looked calm. Composed. Like she had already won.But I knew better.She's scared. She's just hiding it well."Catherine," she said, her voice smooth as silk. "You came.""I said I would."I sat across from her. I didn't touch the wine. I didn't smile."Let's skip the pleas
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CATHERINE'S POVSarah was gone, but her words lingered like poison in the air."You're nothing. You were nothing before Ryan. You'll be nothing after him."I sat at my desk, staring at the door she had slammed behind her. My hands were steady. My heart was calm.She's wrong.I opened my laptop and pulled up the encrypted file. Everything I had on Sarah Gray. Every lie. Every manipulation. Every crime.Not enough. Not yet.I needed more. I needed proof that would hold up. Proof that would destroy her completely.My phone buzzed.Jason: "The waiter's name is Marcus Bell. He's been working at The Celestial Lounge for three months. Before that, he worked at a private clinic in Norfolk. A clinic owned by the Gray family."My breath caught.There it is.I typed back: "Get me everything on that clinic. Patient records. Staff lists. Anything that connects Sarah to Marcus."Ja
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER 2
Catherine's povThe room felt colder than usual that night. The shadows hid themselves softly in the corners. Catherine stood with her back straight, her chest lifted, but her voice did waver."I'm your wife. Why should I move out so she can move in?"Ryan Brook tu
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER 1
CATHERINE'S POVDecember had barely started, yet the air was already biting cold. I lay there with my legs sprawled across the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling while the angry shouts rose from downstairs."Catherine Kingsley, first you can't give us a child, now you won
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER 5
CATHERINE'S POVThe morning came too quickly. I hadn't slept. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Ryan's face—not the cold version, but the way he looked six years ago when he promised me anything. Anything but love.I dressed carefully. Not for him. For me. A navy blue dres
HIS REGRET AFTER I WALKED AWAY CHAPTER 4
CATHERINE'S POVThe car door shut behind me. I sank back into the seat, my chest rising and falling as if I had just finished a long race. I let out the breath I didn't realize I was holding.In the driver's seat, Michael glanced sideways, grinning like he had a secret. "So now
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