Semua Bab Billionaire's Regret: It's Great to See You Again, Daddy!: Bab 231 - Bab 240

ALEXANDER'S POVI’d been pacing the courthouse hallway for nearly twenty minutes when the doors finally opened.For the past twenty minutes, I watched the door contemplating whether I should walk in or I should wait for her to come out and in between those waiting minutes, the only thing that managed to keep me stable was the pacing around.I straightened immediately, eyes fixed on the exit, my chest tightening with a tension I hadn’t felt in years. Courtrooms did that to people. Even when you weren’t inside them, they still found a way to squeeze the air out of your lungs.It wasn't an unfamiliar sight to me… the looming courtroom.As someone who ran a large scale business with several companies and investors, I was very familiar with the walls of the courtroom and the tension that comes with sitting in that wooden chair and waiting for a single man to decide your fate.This was Katherine's first time… or maybe her second, other than the divorce, I wasn't aware of any other thing tha

ALEXANDER'S POVI wanted to smack that sneaky smile away from her face and squeeze the daylights out of her eye but I had to stop myself.Clara wasn't someone to mess with, especially at a time like this when she, in more ways than not, had the upper hand.So I swallowed every single bile crawling up my throat at the sight of her and forced a smile but my lips barely moved.“Hey…aren't you being too straight forward? We're at a restaurant, Alex. Let's eat first.”I clenched my fist under the table and once again reminded myself of the fact that Clara could destroy my relationship with Katherine in any second if she wants to.“I didn't come here to eat with you and I'm not hungry.”Unfortunately for me, I was actually hungry and my stomach didn't waste time in pointing that out through a rebellious growl.Clara laughed, the sound piercing through my ears and forcing me to bring my eyes to hers.“Really? ‘Cause I think someone says otherwise.”I ignored her.But it seems like she wasn'

ALEXANDER'S POV My heart pounded so loudly in my ears that I was certain they could hear it. I tried to calm my breathing but that was a challenge for someone who'd just ran all the way from the garage here.When Astra called and said that she was in the house waiting to see me, I knew that something was wrong but I never assumed it would be something that'll involve tears…hers especially. I took in the view around me; Katherine looking tired and confused, Hazel looking pissed as hell, which wasn't in itself surprising and then Astra crying.It didn't take long for me to process what might have happened that led to the scene before me and I immediately turned to Katherine. “Kathie…” I called breathlessly.She sighed heavily and then stood up towards Astra.“Look, I'm sorry. Hazel's just tensed right now and didn't mean to say all that. Come…come, sit down.”I watched with surprise as she led Astra back to the sofa and it suddenly occurred to me that I didn't know exactly what happe

KATHERINE’S POVFor a second, I could only sit there frozen, my eyes shifting between Alex and his father as the room seemed to shrink around me.Anonymous sender?Him?I felt heat rush up my neck, a mix of disbelief, anger, and something else I couldn’t quite name. Betrayal, probably. My life had been torn apart piece by piece because of those documents, and now I’m learning they came from someone who should have absolutely no idea what exactly happened to me?I swallowed hard.There's no way he just accidentally stumbled upon an information as important as that.No.No one just stumbled upon something like that.He probably knew about it way before he sent those things to me and that was what bothered me the most.“Explain,” I repeated quietly. “All of it.”Mr. Blake, Alex's father, sat down opposite me, his expression unsettlingly calm, like he’d rehearsed this a thousand times. Alex shifted beside me, uneasy. He wouldn’t meet my eyes. That alone set my nerves on fire.There must b

KATHERINE'S POVAlex dedicated the next two days to us and though I could tell from the calls he was getting and the number of times he had to excuse himself to discuss something with someone or arrange a video conference call, he kept on insisting that he wasn't busy and that he had more than enough time to spend with us.I didn't want to argue with him because I knew he was trying to distract me from thinking.But even with his presence I couldn't help but think.A lot happened the past three days.. no, everything shattered about a week ago or so when I discovered that Alex's father was the anonymous sender and since then I've not only been suffering from bouts of fainting, but also been extremely stressed out that I could hardly think.The judge's decree that Clara and her mom should be in charge of the company temporarily was also another reason why I was stressed.Alex knew it..he could sense it all and he knew that I would have been able to handle it to some extent if I had some