All Chapters of The Ex-wife He Regrets Losing!: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

MABELI stared at the letter I'd just read.But something was wrong.The letter was longer than I remembered. I read it again. Claire's rambling justifications. Her claims about Elena. Her threats.Then I noticed. A second page. Folded beneath the first.I'd missed it.My hands shook as I unfolded it.This one was different. Shorter. Direct.Claire's handwriting. But the tone was different. Colder. More focused.“Mabel,Forget everything on the previous page. That was for the guards. For the prison censors. They read everything. So I gave them what they expected.This is what I actually want to say.I know you think you've won. Destroyed me. Taken everything. Built your perfect life on my ruins.But there's one more secret.About your son.About Liam.*Something you don't know. Something no one's told you.Ask Damian.

MABELDamian stopped at the door.Hand on the knob. Not opening it. Not leaving.Just standing there."What?" I asked. Exhausted. Angry. Done with this conversation.He turned around slowly. "I need to ask you something.""Now? Really?""Yes. Now." He walked back toward me. "Do you trust me?""I don't know. That's the problem. I thought I did. Then I found out you've been keeping secrets about my son for five years.""One secret. About a meaningless family connection that doesn't change anything.""It's not meaningless to me. It's about honesty. About trust. About making decisions together instead of you deciding what I need to know."Damian nodded. "You're right. Completely right. I made a bad call five years ago.""Just five years ago? Or are there other things?""What do you mean?""I mean, what else haven't you told me? What other secrets are you keeping

MABELI couldn't stand still.Paced from the window to the couch and back. Again. And again.Damian sat watching me. Silent. Waiting."Say something," he said finally."I'm trying to process. You orchestrated an illegal adoption. Of my son. Without my knowledge. Without my consent.""Yes.""You paid off hospital staff, the same people Claire paid, to facilitate a crime.""Yes.""You bribed an adoption agency to place Liam with Vanessa specifically.""Yes."I stopped pacing. Turned to face him."You broke the law. Multiple laws. Serious laws.""Yes. I did.""You could have been caught. At any point. By police. By investigators. By anyone looking into the adoption." My voice rose. "What would have happened then?""I would have been arrested. Prosecuted. Probably gone to prison.""And Liam? What would have happened to Liam?"Damian was

MABELWe stood in my living room.Silent. Angry. The truth sitting between us like something toxic."Say something," Damian said finally."What do you want me to say? That I understand? That I forgive you? That it's all okay because your intentions were good?""I want you to acknowledge that what I did kept Liam safe. That it worked. That he had a good life with Vanessa because of the choice I made.""And I want you to acknowledge that you lied to me for five years! That you kept crucial information about my son from me! That you manipulated our entire relationship!" My voice was rising. "But neither of us is getting what we want, are we?""I didn't manipulate our relationship—""Didn't you? You knew where Liam was from the beginning. You pretended to search. Pretended to investigate. Made me think you were this brilliant investigator when really you were just leading me to information you already had." I laughed bitterly. "That's manipulation. That's lying. That's exactly what Ethan

MABELBy morning, everyone knew.The wedding was canceled. Guests had been notified. The venue released. Everything undone.I spent the night on the couch. Couldn't sleep in my bed. Couldn't be in the room where the wedding dress hung in the closet.Just sat. Staring. Processing.At 7 AM, there was a knock at the door.Bella. Holding coffee and bagels."I brought breakfast," she said."I'm not hungry.""I know. But you need to eat." She came in without being invited. Set everything on the kitchen counter. "Also, Vanessa and Rose are on their way. We're staging an intervention.""I don't need an intervention…""Yes, you do. You canceled your wedding twelve hours before the ceremony. You need someone to talk to.""I talked to Damian. That's what caused this.""And now you need to talk to us." Bella poured coffee. "Drink. Then we'll wait for the others."Vanessa and Rose arrived twenty minutes later.We sat in my living room. The four of us. Coffee and bagels no one was eating."Tell us