Mr Billionaire's Regret

Chapter 2Aria Blake ~•~ Tears rolled down my face as I scrolled away and dialed his number. This time it didn’t go to voicemail, the phone was ringing. But Julian was ignoring me intentionally. My chest was tight. After everything we had been through, I couldn’t believe that he would do something like that to me. At least, he could have had the decency to tell me he was done before messing around with his ex-girlfriend. I felt so embarrassed and humiliated. I couldn’t even read the comments on that post. I didn’t want to see anything that would make me feel worse. After several failed attempts to reach him, a broken scream tore out of me as I threw my phone across the room.Heartbroken was an understatement. It felt like someone was ripping out my heart from my chest. Julian left me for his ex-girlfriend. God. It still felt like a terrible nightmare. I needed to wake up from it. I kept crying and was lost in my thoughts until I drifted off to sleep. The next morning, I w

Chapter 4Julian Cross ~•~ As I stood there looking at her, I couldn’t help but wonder how we got to this point. Everything was perfect between us. I loved her genuinely and I thought she felt the same way about me but I was wrong. Aria was talking like she was innocent. Of course, she would paint herself as the perfect wife with no flaws. If I didn’t know her too well, I would have fallen for lies. But I could finally see through her. “Mistake? Was getting married to me a mistake?” she asked, her voice almost breaking. God. She was such a good actress. “Yes, Aria. It was a mistake.” I was tired of telling her to sign the divorce papers. I was sick of repeating myself. Why wouldn’t she just listen to me and sign it, so we would go our separate ways and she would be free to do whatever the hell she wanted to do with her life. “Wow,” she muttered under her breath. “Wow.” I didn’t say anything. I just took off my shirt and placed it inside the laundry basket. I had a long ni

Chapter 6Julian Cross ~•~ “Sir, the investors are not happy with the trending headlines about you. And they will be forced to pull out their money from the company.” I pressed a hand to my forehead as I listened to the head of the PR team talk about how the news of my ex and me was causing problems for the company. “So what do you want me to do?” I asked, my voice filled with exhaustion. “I’m not the one making the posts.” He didn’t hesitate. “You have to make them know that those are just rumors and you didn’t cheat on your wife with your ex-girlfriend,” he replied carefully. “Especially now that we have this deal with the foreign company.”I was running an investment firm. And a lot of the investors cared about optics. Being associated with any scandal would risk so many things for me. “I can’t control the narratives people put out there,” I said with a groan. “So what exactly are you saying?” He let out a sharp exhale. “People are only talking about it because of the pictu

Chapter 8Julian Cross ~•~ “So you are really going to go through with the divorce?” Cole asked as we stepped into the elevator. The workday was over, and we were heading back home. Cole felt like I wasn’t serious about what I had said, or maybe he didn’t want to watch me ruin my marriage and was looking for a way to fix it. I chuckled, even though nothing about my problems was funny. “Did Aria ask you to beg on her behalf?” I asked, giving him a skeptical look. He shook his head quickly. “No, she didn’t,” he answered. “She even called me the other night but I didn’t answer. I wasn’t looking to get into the middle of your drama.” “Better.” “But you are really doing this? I know how much you love that woman.” I sighed. “People aren’t always who you think they are, and you can’t blame me for making this decision,” I said solemnly. Cole looked at me with sympathy. “Yeah, I guess so.” I nodded. “Yeah… after we appear as a loving couple at this charity gala and close the new dea

Chapter 10Aria Blake ~•~ I didn’t sleep in our shared bedroom. I spent the night in an empty room. I was even surprised that I’d gotten any sleep the previous night. When I woke up, I got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. I splashed water on my face, then I looked up at the mirror. My eyes were red and puffy. I looked like a mess. The cold water didn’t help. It didn’t wash the memories of those mean words Julian had said to me. A few minutes later, I grabbed a clean towel and dried my face. Then I went back to the bedroom. I froze when I got there because I saw Julian standing in front of the door. What was he doing there? I didn’t say anything. After what he had done the previous night, he didn’t deserve a word from me. I quietly sat on the bed and pretended like there was no one in the room. “You broke our picture frame?” That was the first thing that came out of his mouth. We were on the verge of losing our marriage and the only thing he was concerned about