All Chapters of HIS REGRET; Chasing back his rejected ex-wife : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

KRISTINE'S POV Shock was an understatement. I felt like my eyes were about to pop out of my eye socket as I met them at my doorstep. WTF. And did I just hear Mia call Sebastian Daddy? In front of Dave? How was that even possible? Mia didn't know Sebastian. She had only met him once and that was the night of my brand opening. How come she was already calling him Daddy now? Had something transpired between them behind my back? "Hello, mi vida," Sebastian's sweet yet taunting tone sailed into my ears, pulling me out of my reverie. He didn't care I was currently with Dave. Of course, he could see him by my side but he just didn't regard his presence enough. My heart pounded in my chest as I accessed the smirk on his face. But just immediately, the feeling of shock raging through was quickly transformed into anger. Without thinking twice, I yanked my daughter from his arms, glaring daggers at him as I made to reenter my office. I couldn't endure his presence; it infuriated me. "Daddy

SEBASTIAN'S POV.I felt my insides boil over with rage after walking into Kristine and Dave abruptly in Kristine's office. I had noticed the little swept-away blush that had been etched on her face until she lifted her gaze to realize I had brought our daughter back from school.I noted the way she froze in shock, her pupils dilating at the mere idea of seeing me in the company. Sure, it was a surprise. She must have thought I had disappeared for good after not showing up for nearly two weeks. That was my plan; I had been busy paying Mia visits at school as I tried to convince her that she was my daughter.I discovered Mia was my daughter a few days after the incident the other night. I had noted the resemblance I found between myself and the child and sure it was uncanny, I needed to find out the truth. It had come as a shock initially to learn her little girl was mine, but the realization of knowing we had a child together quickly filled me with immense joy and elation. The univer

KRISTINE'S POV I paced the living room of my apartment as I anticipated Dave's arrival. He had told me he was coming home about an hour ago and I expected he would be here already. It wasn't his delay that made me anxious, it was the other thing — Knowing I had to come clean about the incident that had happened earlier in the office with Sebastian's unexpected arrival. I admit that I was wrong to have not told Dave the truth before now but how was I supposed to know that my daughter was going to bond with her asshole father pretty quickly. The process still remained unclear to me but that was the least of my concerns at the moment. I was more concerned about my meeting with Dave.After pacing for a moment, I tried to calm my raging nerves as I stole a glance at the wall clock to note Dave was already running an hour late. It was past 7 PM already. My heart skipped a beat as I feared I must have scared him off but then again, remembering he gave me a kiss in the office before he left

KRISTINE'S POVMy heart leaped with panic as Dave's voice sailed into my ears. Gosh, fuck no. Why did he have to be up now? I hadn't taken him for a morning person.Before I could pull out of my thoughts, their eyes had already jammed and I could feel the resentment and annoyance that radiated from Dave as he stopped by the doorway, gazing at Sebastian in astonishment.His brows scrunched up to a frown, obviously surprised to find him at my house at such an early hour of the morning."What is he doing here?" Dave asked, not even sparing me a glance as his eyes remained fixated on Sebastian.Upon his inquiry, my eyes instinctively traveled to Sebastian, and goodness, the look on his face was really sympathetic. He looked heartbroken and I needed no one to tell me his sudden shift in demeanor was because of Dave. Just as Dave was surprised, Seb also looked surprised to find Dave in my house.Just by staring at his face and accessing his expression, I could tell the things running throug

"Hey," I tried to start a conversation as the awkwardness in the room became excruciating."Hey," Dave lifted his gaze at me. "Want more toast?"I shook my head, slightly miffed he thought I was calling him because of food. "No, I'm good.""Okay,""Are you?" I asked, lifting my brows with optimism.He nodded briskly. "Sure, why not?" He pressed a smile on his face but I could see it was fake. So I had been right. Indeed; he was upset. However, I couldn't comprehend why. I thought he had trusted me to handle the situation with Sebastian, which I did as I had made him go away. So why was Dave looking all grumpy?Even though he tried to mask his true emotions in front of Mia, I could see past his facade. I wanted to know what was wrong but I understood that now wasn't the time to ask him that.Gosh, I hated this. This was exactly what I had tried telling him about last night. Sebastian would try and break us. It had merely been forty-eight hours since his second appearance and there was