Ex-Husband's Regret のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 701 - チャプター 710

The card is heavier than I expect when I pick it up, or maybe it’s just my overthinking brain. My fingers are trembling from a tremor that roots itself in the base of my skull and spreads out like a warning. I push the other cards aside with the heel of my palm as if I can shove the unease away.

The silence that follows after Brook leaves feels like a living thing. For a long moment, I just stand there, staring at the wood grain of the door as if I could still see her face on the other side. Her words linger, crawling under my skin like invisible ants, biting and burning. My chest feels too

For a while, Lilly and I just sit there, both lost in our thoughts. Outside, a bird chirps, startling me a little.Lilly finally exhales, running her fingers through her hair. “You know, Sierra,” she says softly, “you can keep saying you’re over him, but I don’t think you are.”I groan quietly, lean

I stand in front of the mirror, buttoning the soft linen blouse I picked out for the day. The faint scar along my side still aches sometimes, though the pain has dulled. Today, I have two appointments. One at the hospital to check on my side and my hand, and another with my OB-GYN.As I brush my hai

The two maids freeze, their eyes darting between the housekeeper’s frown and my stunned expression.“Why are we being fired?” one of them stammers. “We didn’t do anything wrong!”The housekeeper crosses her arms, her voice clipped, the familiar coldness back in her eyes. “Didn’t do anything wrong? D