Lahat ng Kabanata ng Regretting Divorce: Kabanata 391 - Kabanata 400

392Claire dashed inside what used to be her 'dream home' once and looked around hastily. The living hall was quiet. She called out for Thea but no reply came.Assuming that everyone must be up in the bedroom, she climbed the stairs. She was half way up when she heard footsteps. Claire turned around and froze when her eyes met with Hunter's.They had a fierce longing in them alongside grudge and emptiness. He was stunned to find her in 'his' house after all these weeks."P-penny... I heard about it from dad. Is it true?" Claire asked while descending the stairs slowly.Hunter just stared at her before he nodded, which caused Claire's knees to turn to mush. She sat down on the fourth step as her eyes tore up. Hunter's arms stopped a few inches away from her shoulders. His body had acted on an impulse when he saw her body going down and came running towards her to hold her.Feeling his heart banging in his chest, he looked away."Zara called me an hour ago. I don't know why she got Penn

394Hunter was back for a funeral, for the third time, with the same colorless face and puffy red eyes he had during the first two times. Except that, they were in a graveyard this time. It was located in their city's oldest church of Mother Mary. With Reggie’s parents resting here, Hunter thought it best to bring him here too, so he could reunite with them. He swallowed hard as he watched Reggie's grave being filled back with soil. Loud sobs came from beside him. He gazed from the corner of his eyes at Reggie's girlfriend and younger sister, and felt his stomach bottoming out.Reggie was their provider. Mostly his sister's. He was very young when his parents passed away. With what little they left behind for him and his sister, he attained his education. Since it wasn't very huge, Reggie also had to work several part time jobs. Hunter knew all this because Reggie went to the same school as him. He was talented and intelligent. He didn't make friends as he didn't want any distracti

396Claire's POV "You can say that. I couldn’t make it to pick you up so I thought I’d catch you at the gate." My eyes shifted to Tyler's face.He was smiling warmly at me. His touch was also... Friendly. I smiled back. When I looked behind him Hunter was not there."Claire," Tyler called. I blinked my eyes and focused on him. "I hope you're healthy enough to listen to what I've got to say.""I hope I am." I said nervously.Tyler clutched my hand and squeezed it assuringly."Don't worry. I'll be here. And there's Hunter too. He won't let anything happen to you."Yeah, but he's not going to do it out of love.Anyway, we stepped inside. My feet faltered by the threshold when I saw everyone but Reggie. His absence was palpable. Reggie and I never spoke much. He was always doing his duty. But whenever we were in the same room, he made me feel safe. Penny was holding onto me. I'm thankful to her. If it wasn't for her then I might have already gone down because I was being looked at judge

398Hunter checked his watch with a huff. He had called Claire to a restaurant for a meeting... And even that was an hour ago. He was growing impatient. He tapped his foot all while asking himself to be calm and that Claire would be here any minute.'Is it because I refused to pick her up?' He stopped tapping his foot and sat straight.Hunter heaved and rose out of the chair. He needed to see Claire by tonight at all costs. It was crucial. He started sauntering out as he dialled Reggie's number."Hello. Yes, sir?"Hunter didn't notice whose voice it was and spoke, "Reggie, it doesn’t seem like Claire is coming. I think I'll have to go to her house. Please bring my car to the front, I’m coming out.""Sure, sir. But sir... I'm Fred. Reggie..." Hunter came to a halt, his heart skipping a beat.Squeezing his eyes shut, he tamped down the flare of heavy feeling in his chest."Yeah, Fred. I'm sorry. I had forgotten that you acquired Reggie’s number after him. Sorry, I'll go and rename it."

400Scott was lifted in the air and thrown against the wall. He didn't get to lay his hands on Hunter even for a second. He winced and saw black as Hunter's blows were powerful. Hunter had forgotten the guy in front of him was Claire's brother. All he saw was Zara's associate— a man involved in his family's death. He threw Scott around like he was a giant teddy bear. All those times Scott insulted him, growled at him, pushed him back, spilled into his awareness, and he became madder. Hunter might have truly lost his mind in anger because he lifted a pointed piece of wood from the floor. He charged towards Scott with it. "Hunter, no!" Rashid shrieked as he ran to stop him. ***Cole and Claire were waiting by the car when they heard Rashid's shriek. Exchanging a dreadful look, they sprinted towards the house they had seen them disappear into. Fred and Levi followed suit with torches and their guns. Claire turned into a pillar the moment she saw her brother. She choked on a gasp as