All Chapters of EX-HUSBAND’S REGRET(The Wife He Discarded): Chapter 91 - Chapter 93

By the time we got home, my head was pounding.Not from the meeting exactly..It was Dominic.Just Dominic.I hated that.Hated that one conversation could follow me all the way home.Hated that his words kept replaying in my head whether I wanted them to or not.The cruelest punishment is knowing I might never get that version of you back.I slammed the car door a little harder than necessary.“Mummy?”I immediately forced a smile.“Sorry, baby.”I took Leo upstairs, helped him shower, changed his bandage, gave him his medication, and tucked him into bed.He was asleep within fifteen minutes.The injury had drained him more than he admitted.I stood beside the bed for a moment.Watching him.Making sure he was actually asleep.Then I quietly left the room.My own shower took longer.Hot water pounded against my shoulders while I stood beneath it, eyes closed.Trying not to think.Trying not to replay the look on Dominic’s face.Trying not to remember the way his voice cracked.Trying

The garden suddenly felt colder.Ford was the first to reach us.Hayes followed behind him.Pierce came last.None of them looked relaxed.“What’s going on?” I asked.Nobody answered right away. That alone made my pulse spike.Ford pulled out a chair.Hayes remained standing.Pierce grabbed the whiskey bottle from the table and poured himself a drink.The silence stretched.Then Hayes finally spoke.“Richard filed a missing person’s report.”Camille froze.Completely froze.I watched the color drain from her face.“What?”Her voice barely came out.Hayes’ expression didn’t change.“He filed it this afternoon.”For a second nobody spoke.Then Camille laughed, a small confused laugh.“I thought he didn’t care.”“He doesn’t,” Hayes’ voice was flat. “He knows exactly what he’s doing.”My stomach twisted.I already knew where this was going.And I hated it.Pierce took a drink.Then set the glass down.“He isn’t looking for you.”Camille looked between all of us.Confused.Then Pierce cont