All Chapters of EX-HUSBAND’S REGRET(The Wife He Discarded): Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

The two weeks after Fashion Week passed faster than I expected.The Harper’s Bazaar feature hadn’t even been out for long, and yet it had already brought another wave of attention.AURELIA had always been known.I had spent years building the company into a name people recognized.But Fashion Week had pushed the brand into markets where it hadn’t had the same level of visibility before.Suddenly, I was seeing AURELIA mentioned in places I hadn’t expected.New inquiries came from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. International buyers who had never contacted us before were asking for appointments. Publications outside Europe were reaching out.The attention wasn’t unfamiliar.The scale of it was.And somewhere in those two weeks, the noise had finally become background noise.Today, however, I wasn’t going to the office.It was Saturday.For once, there was nowhere I needed to be first thing in the morning.So I slept.When I finally opened my eyes, sunlight was already

Our conversation continued.We didn’t talk about his family again.Neither of us mentioned it.Instead, we stayed where we had started, which is business.We talked about AURELIA first.He asked about the changes happening after Fashion Week, and I gave him a brief overview of what we were dealing with now that the attention had grown beyond Europe.International inquiries had increased. Buyers were reaching out from places we’d never worked with before, and my team was already sorting through which opportunities were worth pursuing and which were simply the result of temporary excitement.Reed listened carefully.He didn’t interrupt unnecessarily.When he did speak, his questions were specific enough that I knew he wasn’t simply trying to keep the conversation going.He actually understood fashion and branding.That made the conversation easier.We moved from expansion to staffing, then to how quickly a company should scale when demand suddenly increased.At one point, he disagreed w

The weekend passed.Sunday passed.And before I knew it, Monday morning was already here.My alarm dragged me out of sleep before I was ready to leave the warmth of my bed.I stretched across the mattress, blinking at the pale morning light slipping through the curtains.For a few seconds, I stayed there.Then I sighed and finally got up.Work was waiting.After showering and getting dressed, I picked up one of my bags and walked out of my room.I made it halfway down the hallway before I stopped.Leo.I changed direction and headed straight for his room.When I opened the door, the room was quiet.He was still asleep.His small body was curled beneath the blanket, one arm resting above his head, his hair scattered messily across the pillow.I smiled.I walked over and sat carefully on the edge of his bed.My fingers moved through his hair.I leaned down and pressed a soft kiss against his forehead.I was just about to stand when his lashes fluttered.“Mummy…”His voice was barely abo

The first meeting of the day was with the production team.By nine in the morning, I was already seated at the head of the conference table, a folder open in front of me while the production manager went through the latest figures.Fashion Week had changed everything.Orders had increased.The waiting lists had grown.Several pieces from the collection were already being requested in quantities we hadn’t originally planned for, and the production department was trying to determine exactly how much we could increase without compromising the standards AURELIA had built its reputation on.“We can increase production by fifteen percent immediately,” the production manager said, pointing to the figures on the screen. “Anything beyond that will require additional shifts and possibly another production facility.”I studied the numbers.“And the current staff?”“We can handle the fifteen percent without exhausting them. Beyond that, we’d have to restructure the shifts.”I nodded.I didn’t wan

The soft sound left Leo again.A sleepy little murmur.“Mummy…”He shifted beneath the blanket, his little face scrunching as he rubbed his cheek against the cushion.“Mummy…”“I’m here,” I said softly.His eyelids fluttered.He blinked once.Then again.Slowly, his eyes opened.He stared ahead for a few seconds, still caught somewhere between sleep and wakefulness.Then his gaze moved and stopped on Dominic.Leo’s brows pulled together.He blinked again.His sleepy eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was trying to make sure the person sitting across the room was actually there.“Scholarship man?”Dominic went completely still.Leo rubbed one eye with the back of his hand and pushed himself upright.“Scholarship man is here?”Dominic’s lips parted.“Yeah.”His voice came out quieter than before.Leo climbed down from the couch.I watched him walk toward Dominic with small, unsteady steps, still half-asleep.Dominic didn’t move.He seemed afraid that even the smallest movement might break