All Chapters of Billionaire's Regret : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

The next day, Adrian was quiet the whole day in school that the teacher feared he might be sick but Adrian promised he was fine.Now, he sat at the kitchen table with his homework spread out in front of him but he wasn't looking at it and his pencil just moved in circles on the page without writing anything.Claire had called Eunice to help her with him until she was back and now, Eunice watched him from where she was making dinner and her heart ached because the boy had been like this since she brought him home two hours ago, quiet, sad and far away."Adrian, baby, you need to finish your math homework." Eunice said gently.Adrian stared at her for a moment before looking back at his book, "I don't feel like it." Adrian's voice was small."How come?" Eunice asked in concern, she turned off the stove and walked over to sit beside him. "What's wrong, sweetheart?"Adrian stared at his hands for a long moment and then looked up at her with those eyes that were too sad for a five-year-old

The school gymnasium was decorated with balloons and banners that read "Father and Son Day" in bright colors and Adrian sat on the bleachers with his hands clasped in his lap while fathers kept arriving with their sons.Every time the door opened, Adrian's head turned and his chest tightened when it turned out that it wasn't Paul."Hey Adrian," Jessica Park called from across the gym with that mean smile she always wore. "Where's your dad?""He's coming." Adrian kept his voice steady even though his stomach was twisting with nervousness."Sure he is." Another kid laughed. "Just like you said yesterday.""He'll be here." Adrian said firmly and lifted his chin because he wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing him worried."Liar!" Zane's voice rang out in a childlike menace. "You're a liar, Adrian Clark, you don't have a dad and you never will!"Adrian's jaw clenched and he stood up slowly with his hands curling into fists but before he could respond, a voice cut through the noise

Claire stood frozen between both men with tears streaming down her face and two hundred people holding their breath waiting for her answer."Oh whoa, she actually got two handsome men fighting for her." Someone whispered."I'll do anything to have either of them by my side but she has bothe wrapped around her fingers." Another said.Paul knelt on her right with his ring held out and hope blazing in his eyes.Jeff knelt on her left with his ring trembling in his hand, his eyes pleading with her.Claire's chest felt like it was caving in and she couldn't breathe couldn't think couldn't do anything but stand there while memories crashed over her in waves as she stared hard at Jeff.Jeff's cold voice echoing in her head: "I need you to donate your heart to Irene."Standing in the shadows of her own funeral watching Jeff hold Irene's hand while they lowered what was supposed to be her casket into the ground.Jeff's face when he stared at Irene and asked her to marry him.His coldness throu

Claire sat at her desk three days after the engagement staring at spreadsheets that wouldn't come into focus and voices drifted from the hallway cutting through her concentration."Did you hear Jeff Anderson was in a car accident?"Claire's pen froze and her head snapped up."Yeah, the night of Ms Stuart birthday party, they say he crashed pretty bad."Claire stood and yanked open her office door and two junior analysts jumped."What accident?" Claire asked and tried to comport herself, she raised her chin and stared at them in dignify matter."I am only asking because he is a colleague and I don't want anything to happen to him.Sarah shifted uncomfortably but nodded "Mr. Anderson crashed his car three nights ago, he's been at County General."Three nights and no one told her?Sweat beaded her upper lips and her heart turned painfully in her chest."Is he alive?" She choked out."Yes, ma'am, they said he's stable." Sarah replied but Claire was already grabbing her purse before she co

Irene sat on Zane's bed watching him practice his handwriting and a satisfied smile played on her lips because her son was doing exactly what she'd taught him."You've been doing so well, baby." She stroked his hair. "Making Adrian look bad in front of everyone."Zane looked up at her with uncertainty in his eyes. "Really mama?""Yes baby." Irene's voice was firm. "That boy is trying to steal your father from you and you need to protect what's yours.""But mama, Adrian has a daddy now, maybe he won't go after my daddy again.""Let me tell you a secret Zane, that man is not Adrian real daddy, he just attended the father and son's day with him and I tell you that if you're not careful, he might steal your dad and call him his real daddy".Zane's eyes were wide."I won't let him do that, I will never allow him to steal my daddy, my daddy is mine alone" Zane replied fervently and Irene smiled."Keep doing what you're doing." Irene cupped his face. "Make sure everyone sees that Adrian is t