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Chapter 35: Rejection
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Regret Is Just The Beginning Chapter 56: Cracks In The Golden Walls
Seven years into the marriage, Diana still refused to let it die quietly.She told herself that love was not always loud. That sometimes it had to be cultivated, watered patiently, even when the soil felt dry. She had seen marriages worse than hers survive. She had seen cold men soften with time.So she tried.One evening, Henry returned late.He entered the dining room, loosened his tie slightly, and paused when he saw the setup.“What’s this?” he asked flatly.“Our anniversary,” she replied gently.A flicker of memory passed across his face, then vanished.“I had a meeting,” he said.“I know. I waited.”He sat down but did not comment further. The meal proceeded in polite silence. Diana attempted light conversation about Selena’s school project, about a charity event the foundation was hosting.Henry responded in short, measured sentences.When dessert arrived untouched, he checked his phone.“I have an early start tomorrow,” he said, rising from his seat.She remained sitting.“It’
Regret Is Just The Beginning Chapter 55: A Choice Between Two Lives
Nine months passed with more silence than tenderness.Diana carried her pregnancy like a fragile promise, convincing herself daily that motherhood would soften the man she had married. She endured the distance, the politeness without warmth, the way Henry treated her like an obligation neatly filed into his life.But she held onto one belief stubbornly: a child changes a father.The night her labor began, rain poured heavily against the windows of the Golding estate. The drive to the hospital was tense and quiet. Henry sat beside her in the backseat, composed as ever, answering business messages between contractions.At the hospital, everything moved quickly. Nurses surrounded her. Monitors beeped steadily. Hours into labor, the doctor’s expression shifted.Diana was exhausted, but she noticed.Pain shot through her body in relentless waves. She gripped the edge of the bed, breathing through clenched teeth.Then the doctor straightened.“We’re facing a complication,” he said, voice
Regret Is Just The Beginning Chapter 54: A House Without Warmth
The resignation letter sat on Diana’s desk for three days before she finally signed it.Each time she picked it up, her hand trembled slightly. The Eastwood Medical Research Institute was more than a workplace. It was where she had grown into herself. Where her intelligence had been recognized. Where her name meant something independent of any man.Now she was about to walk away from it.Merlin called her into his office the morning he received the notice. “You’re certain?” he asked quietly, holding the letter between his fingers.Diana nodded.“You worked too hard to build this career,” he said. “Pregnancy doesn’t end ambition.”She swallowed. “It’s not just pregnancy.”He leaned back in his chair, studying her carefully. “It’s him.”She didn’t deny it.“Marriage changes priorities,” she said instead.Merlin’s gaze sharpened. “Only if you allow it to erase you.”That lingered in the air.Diana lowered her eyes briefly. “I need to make this work.”“For him?” he asked.“For my child,”
Regret Is Just The Beginning Chapter 53: A Name Without Love
The shift in attitude was no longer subtle.It was open. Deliberate and cruel.Henry’s mother didn't bother pretending anymore.The first time Diana was invited to the Golding estate after news of her pregnancy circulated, she was made to sit alone in a drawing room for nearly an hour before anyone acknowledged her presence. A housemaid finally brought tea without meeting her eyes.When Mrs. Golding eventually entered, she did not offer a greeting.She remained standing.“So,” she said coolly, examining Diana from head to toe as though assessing a flawed purchase, “this is how you intend to secure your future.”Diana rose slowly. “I didn’t come here to secure anything,” she replied softly.Mrs. Golding gave a short, humorless laugh.“Spare me the modest act. Girls like you don’t accidentally end up pregnant with a Golding heir.”The words were sharp.Designed to wound.Diana held her ground.From that moment on, the hostility became public.Extended relatives whispered openly at gathe
Regret Is Just The Beginning Chapter 52: The Result of that Night
For two weeks, Henry acted like Diana did not exist.If she entered a room during meetings at the institute, he would excuse himself within minutes. If their paths almost crossed in the hallway, he would turn in the opposite direction without hesitation. When donors gathered for briefings and she stood among the research team, his gaze would pass over her as if she were a piece of furniture.Not once did he address her directly.Not once did he acknowledge that night.The silence was deliberate.Calculated.And humiliating.Word spread quietly, as it always did in elite circles. No one confronted Diana openly, but the glances changed. Conversations would lower in volume when she approached. Smiles became thin and polite.The story twisted easily in the absence of truth.Diana kept her head down.She arrived earlier than usual and left later than everyone else. She buried herself in data sheets, research proposals, lab reviews. If she focused hard enough, she wouldn’t hear the whisper
Regret Is Just The Beginning Chapter 51: "Who Are You?"
The lights in the private lounge were dimmer than the ballroom downstairs.Muted gold lamps cast soft shadows against leather couches and polished glass tables. The music from the gala filtered faintly through the walls, distant and almost unreal compared to the heavy silence inside the room.Henry sat on the edge of the couch, elbows resting on his knees, fingers pressed hard against his temples.His breathing was uneven.The haze in his head was beginning to thin, but it hadn’t cleared completely. The world still felt slightly tilted, like something had been violently shifted out of place.Diana stood a few feet away from him.Her dress was no longer as perfect as it had been earlier. Her hair slightly undone. Her lips swollen. Her heart still pounding from what had just happened.She didn’t fully understand how they had ended up in this lounge after the restroom.Everything had moved in fragments.Blurred steps down a corridor.His hand gripping hers.Her trying to steady him.Her
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