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Chapter 44 — After Friday
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His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 263: Ethan Told Regina He Forgave Her
Ethan picked the park.Not the one near Lewis's house, not the one near Regina's. A different park entirely — one they'd never been to before, one that didn't belong to either version of his life.He asked Regina to come alone. No David.She arrived first and was sitting on a bench when he came through the gate, hands in the pocket of his school jacket, the one with the team badge on the sleeve he'd been wearing for two weeks straight.He sat down next to her.Not far away. Next to her."You wanted to talk," she said."Yeah."She didn't rush him. That was the one thing she'd learned to do right — not fill his silences before he was done with them.He looked straight ahead at the empty football pitch. A crow was walking across the penalty area with no particular urgency."I went back to see Dr. Morrison," he said."She asked me to do something. She asked me to write down the thing I was most angry about. One sentence.""What did you write?"Ethan pulled a folded piece of paper from his
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 262: Vance Had Documentation
The café was Lewis's choice, not Vance's.Vance had suggested a private members' club near the financial district. Lewis had replied with a coffee shop on Leith Walk, the kind of place with mismatched chairs and no private tables, where everyone could see who was sitting with whom.Vance had agreed without comment.He was already there when Lewis arrived. Late thirties, dark suit, the relaxed posture of a man who believed he held better cards than the person walking toward him.Lewis ordered at the counter and sat down across from him."Thank you for coming," Vance said."You said you wanted to talk directly. I'm here."Vance smiled. Not warmly. "I appreciate that. No lawyers, no board minutes. Just two people being honest.""Go ahead then.""I'll get straight to it." Vance wrapped both hands around his coffee cup. "I like you, Lewis. That's not a performance. You've built something genuinely impressive with Sterling Industries. The last four years have been strong by any metric.""Bu
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 261: Regina Finally Told the Truth
Regina hadn't touched the water.She'd been sitting in Dr. Chen's office for four minutes and the glass was exactly where the assistant had placed it — untouched, sweating in the afternoon warmth.She'd arrived already crying. That wasn't her usual way into a session. She was composed. Measured. Precise. She'd spent ten years building those qualities into her default setting.This week had stripped all of it back to nothing."He thinks he was bought," she said. "My son. He sat in front of me and said 'I was bought, like at the pet shop when people buy a puppy.' He said that."Dr. Chen gave her silence. Not uncomfortable silence — the kind that meant: keep going."He's ten years old. He shouldn't know what that means. He shouldn't have a framework for that conversation. But he does, because I made choices before he was born that made it necessary.""Which choices?" Dr. Chen asked.Regina looked at her hands. "Do you want the list in chronological order or order of damage done?""Whiche
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 260: Lewis Said It Was Just a Board Meeting
The email arrived at 6:43 AM, before Lewis had finished his first coffee.It was from Marcus. Subject line: Heads up — before you walk in today.Lewis read it standing at the kitchen counter.The board had talked. Informally, off-record. Not all of them — four, maybe five members. But those four had the institutional weight to shift a room if they decided to.The concern: Lewis was distracted. His attention was divided between Sterling Industries and his family. The company had performed well, but the opportunity cost of a CEO whose priorities had shifted was a conversation the board wanted to have.Not confrontationally. Just as a strategic discussion.Lewis set his coffee down. He replied to Marcus with two words: I see.Then he got the children to school, kissed Yessica at the front door, and drove to the office.***He had thirty minutes before the meeting. He used them to read the full board brief again, this time looking for what wasn't in it.The numbers were good. Revenue up e
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 259: Rose Was Fine
The call from Mrs. Henderson came while Yessica was booking the family therapy intake appointment.She set down the phone and stared at the wall for a second. Then she picked it up and answered."Mrs. Sterling. Thank you for taking my call. I wanted to speak with you before end of day. It's about Rose."Lewis was in his study. Yessica walked down the hall and pushed open the door without knocking.He looked up. Read her face immediately. Put down his pen.***They sat across from Mrs. Henderson thirty minutes later, the same two chairs they'd occupied the week before for Claire."Rose has a pattern I've been tracking for several months," Mrs. Henderson said. "I didn't want to raise it prematurely, but after what happened with Claire this week, I think it's important context.""What kind of pattern?" Yessica asked."Rose is doing well academically. She's engaged in class, popular with her peers, and by every surface measure, she's thriving. But when the subject of family comes up — in
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 258: Claire Broke Down in Class
The call from school came at 2:17 PM.Lewis was in a meeting. Yessica picked up.Mrs. Henderson, Claire's guidance counsellor, spoke in the measured tone of someone delivering news she'd delivered before. "Mrs. Sterling, I wanted to speak with both of you before the end of the day. Claire had a difficult incident in health class this morning. She's okay — but I think it would be helpful if you came in."They sat in Mrs. Henderson's office forty minutes later: Lewis in the chair to the left, Yessica to the right, the room smelling of coffee and something vaguely floral.Mrs. Henderson folded her hands. "The class was covering family structures and the impact of divorce on children. The teacher asked the students to reflect on how their own family backgrounds might affect their future relationships."Yessica felt Lewis go still beside her."Claire raised her hand and started asking questions about divorce rates and whether children of divorced parents were statistically more likely to r
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 122: The Household Agreement
POV: Lewis | EdinburghLewis came through the front door at quarter past nine with a box of Claire's forgotten art supplies tucked under one arm.Yessica was standing in the middle of the hallway, not moving.In her hand was a cream-colored envelope with a legal firm's return address."What is that
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 120 — Eleven Minutes
POV: Yessica | Location: EdinburghThe room was smaller than she'd expected.Cream walls. A table. Two chairs facing the registrar's desk. A window with a view of the car park and, above the rooftops, the tip of Edinburgh Castle in the late morning light.No flowers. No music. No guests.Just Lewis
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 119 — The Night Before
POV: Yessica | Location: EdinburghLewis was at the hotel.His choice. He'd booked it three days ago without being asked — two streets from Granville Terrace, five minutes on foot, the kind of distance that meant available but not underfoot.He'd texted at nine: Settled in. Girls okay?She'd replie
His Billion-Dollar Regret: The Forgotten Wife Returns Chapter 111 — On Record
POV: Yessica | Location: EdinburghShe called Harrison at eight AM the next morning, while Lewis was doing the school run with Claire.He answered on the first ring. She'd noticed he always answered quickly now. Like he was waiting."The RIAS nomination," she said. "You listed yourself as lead drau
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