All Chapters of His Regret Is My Strength: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

**Ophelia's POV**I'm pregnant!And Christmas is coming soon! It's tomorrow. And it will be the fifth Christmas I've spent with my beloved husband, the most handsome, understanding, and loving man, Elio.This year also marks our fifth wedding anniversary. It will be at the end of the year, just before the new year.That's why December is such a special month for us. Because it was in this month that we finally realised our love in the form of marriage. But this Christmas will be the most special one yet. Because after five years of waiting, I am finally pregnant! Yes, Elio and I have been waiting for this baby since our first year of marriage. However, all our efforts had not yet borne fruit. Until today, on this sacred night, the child we have been waiting for has finally decided to live in my womb. It has been there for two weeks!Ah, I can't wait to tell Elio about my pregnancy. As a Christmas present tomorrow. I can even imagine that tonight, after coming home from church, we

**Ophelia's POV**I could only scream inside my heart at Elio's rotten plan.Seeing his happy expression, it seemed that Leo wasn't there by accident, but on purpose.It turned out that my first love and crush since I was 10 years old didn't really love me. It turned out he was just bragging. It turned out his love was fake. It turned out he loved my sister more.And it turned out… our first meeting at the orphanage, our very first meeting, brought me this far to him only to be betrayed like this.During our five years of marriage, it turned out that the soothing words he spoke to me, who couldn’t get pregnant, were just lies.In reality, neither of us was infertile.He probably just didn’t want to have children with me. Not that he couldn't have children.And now that his false prayers and my sincere hopes have been answered by God, now that God has given us a child in my womb, his evil deeds have also been exposed.On this fifth wedding anniversary, this wooden anniversary, we shoul

**Ophelia’s POV**I just looked at his hand without trying to take it. It wasn’t because I wasn’t grateful, but because I couldn’t bring myself to move closer to him. My body still felt shattered, so I could only stare at him while leaning against the headboard. “What should I call you, Miss Ophelia?”“Lia.”I couldn’t take my eyes off his. Those green eyes were so beautiful yet so mysterious, as if they held many secrets. It made me both afraid and curious. Only one thing was sure, now in my eyes, all men looked the same. Even though he had saved my life. “All right, Miss Lia.”“Just Lia, please,” I corrected him. “Lia, I’m so sorry for the loss of your baby. When I found you, you looked terrible. You were unconscious, with blood seeping into the snow beneath you. I thought you’d been stabbed, but the doctor said you were pregnant and—”“Can you please not go into detail?” I emphasized every word.He then clamped his mouth shut. “All right. I respect your preferences.”I turned

**Ashley’s POV**“Okay, but sit down first.”“Right here.”“Yes or no.”I balled my other hand into a fist. “Fine. But it doesn’t mean I’m staying here any longer.”“You’ll decide after you’ve read the contract.”“Why?”“Because then you’ll know. ”“What’s wrong with the scar on your temple?”Nix quickly swept his hair over the scar on his temple. “None of your business.”“I’m not asking out of curiosity or because I care about you. I’m asking because we’re about to work together, so I just want to make sure you’re not someone who’s involved in any kind of violence. Because I don’t want you to be my second lesson.”“My record is clean. You can check it. I’ll give you the documents after you’ve read the contract.”I could only sigh as quietly as possible. At this point, I’d already decided to review the contract. So I had to read it carefully. Nix then pulled a brown envelope out of the drawer next to the bed. He used a special key, which he then hid in his jacket pocket. “Here’s the

**Ophelia's POV**“I’m sorry, but didn’t your young master introduce himself to you?”I sighed heavily and pretended to look sad. “Actually, I’m sad because Nix hasn’t really opened up to me yet. We’re close, but it’s like I only know the surface of a deep lake. Nix was supposed to keep his promise tonight, but with the weather like this, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.”I bowed my head deeply and fidgeted with my hands. I don’t think she knows yet. Judging by her reaction—how she then took my hand from her shoulder and held it tightly—it seems she doesn’t know about my relationship with Nix either. Ah, could Nix be really private? If that’s true, then I should be grateful. Because then I won’t have to worry about spinning a story to my benefit. I really want to believe in Nix’s kindness. But I’m also curious about his life. I want to know as much as possible about him so I can protect myself. I’m not just thinking about the positive outcomes—I’m also thinking about the