Lahat ng Kabanata ng Her Return, His Regret : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

***~~Delilah~~***Every nerve in my body is buzzing like it's been plugged into an electric fence.I don't move.Didn't even blink.My brain is trying not to combust.What the hell does he mean Ashley's pregnant?What— where do I stand?I…..I thought he said he was okay with us trying?Ashley is back, his first love and pregnant.I'm freaking out.I am so, so freaking out.Soren stands and moves to me. “I— I didn't mean for it to happen. It was a mistake,” he says placing a hand on my shoulder.I fight a snort. A mistake?No, it's not.It takes two sane people to make babies.I twist my head to glare at him. “You cheated on me, Soren. That's not a mistake,” my voice shakes.He takes my hand. “I was drunk, we both were. I…I met Ashley at Knox’s lounge. I didn't know how to tell you. But then she found out she's pregnant. I can't abandon her, Lilah. You know how hard we've been trying,”It starts to click, the call he got three nights ago, the way he hurried out that night.It wasn't

***~~Soren Lancaster~~***The door creaks open. Knox emerges, a bottle of drink in hand.“What if Delilah leaves?” He asks, handing me a glass.“She won't,” I answer tersely.His eyes stays on me. “Everyone has a limit to what they can take, Soren.” he snorts. “Honestly I'm surprised you let Ashley waltz back into your life after jilting you. And bringing her home is wrong,”Sure, I'll admit that I never bargained for this. It was a one time mistake.A drunken misstep.But the outcome is irreversible. there's a child involved.I need this baby. It's mine just as soon as Dr Frank confirms it.Ashley's my past. She might've saved me from dying but she left and that chapter is closed.Delilah, though…?She crawled into my head and stayed there.She's home.I turn to Knox and sit up straighter. “She's carrying my child. Delilah knows what's at stake. Moreover Ashley leaves soon,”Knox studies me for a moment. He takes a slow drink, then exhales through his nose.“You make it sound simple

***~~Delilah~~***Everyone turns to me.Then her.Then back to me.I know what they're thinking. I know exactly what this looks like.I clench my fork a little tighter, feeling a mix of anger and helplessness.Soren— he didn't look at me once.Instead he smiles back at her and turns to his family. “Yes. Ashley and I are expecting a baby,”It hurts to hear that.To watch them.I swallow hard. I could feel someone's gaze scorching my left cheek.I knew it was Cameron, and I didn't dare look at him.Rebecca shrills. “Finally! Someone did it. I knew Soren's perfect. It'd never be his fault for being childless,”“Rebecca —,” Julian calls her.I could feel Grandpa's hand on mine. I stand, pushing my chair back. “Excuse me. I need to use the bathroom,”I hear Soren's voice. “Lilah…”I don't look at him.He doesn't follow.I push inside and lock the door.That's when tears streams down.Heavy.Uncontrolled.I bawl my eyes out.Looking at the mirror, I see someone who looks like me but doesn

***~~Ashley~~***“You know what's at stake, don't you?” Rebecca says, her lips pressed into a thin line.“I'm trying,”“It's not good enough!” She barked. “Soren's not agreeing to the engagement, that complicates things,”I swallow, my fingers coiled tight against the glass. “I'll get him to. I'm working on it,”She laughs, but there's no real humor in it. “Bullshit! You had five years, Ashley.” She breathed out, eyes piercing on me. “If this plan fails, be ready to lose everything,”So will you. I sneered but I don't say it out aloud.I balled my fist so hard it pierces into my skin.Rebecca always thinks she's in control. Maybe she is, but not for long.She has just as much to lose.I put my glass down, steady myself as I say. “I'll fix this, I assure you. Give me time,”She stands. “Soren turns thirty in a few months. You have to stick to the plan. Get him to be with you, that way he doesn't find someone else. I hate surprises.”I lift my brows. “He's stuck up on that dead bitch.

***~~Soren~~***I shrug into the couch at Knox's private lounge, a place he opened out of sheer boredom.I sit still, staring at the amber liquid in my glass.Knox watches me.Of course he does.Knox Blackwood is a strategist– the kind of man everyone instinctively steer clear of.But that's where they got it all wrong.Our friendship started off in the most chaotic way ever.I had just finished a meeting with a client, my first ever deal after I became the CEO.A sloppy client who insisted we discussed at his club, made me wait half the entire meeting.Tired, I walk out of the club with a signed document in hand, only to slide into my car and freeze.There's a man sitting inside.A black hoodie shadowed his face, but even in the dim light I could see the blood.It stained the edge of his cap, and smeared across part of his face— he was a bloody mess.He looked like he'd been dragged through hell….“How the fuck did you get in?….” I muttered, brows raised.“Just drive,” was all he sa