All Chapters of EX-HUSBAND’S REGRET(The Wife He Discarded): Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

By the time the sun began to disappear over the horizon, we were all exhausted.It was almost seven.The beach had grown quieter, and the music had been turned down to a soft background hum.Leo was already asleep.Ford carried him toward the boat, one small arm hanging loosely around his neck. The little Iron Man car was clutched tightly against Leo’s chest.I smiled when I saw it.Apparently, even an entire day of swimming and running around hadn’t been enough to convince him to let go of that thing.We said our goodbyes to the staff before stepping onto the boat.Everyone settled in.The ride back was much quieter than the one that had brought us here.No one seemed to have the energy for much conversation.I sat back and watched the water behind us as the island slowly disappeared into the distance.It had been a good day.More than good.It had been one of the best birthdays I could remember.When we finally reached the marina, we stepped off the boat one after another.My legs f

His hands were shoved into the pockets of his trousers.He looked restless.Like he’d been trying to convince himself to leave.Then he looked up.His eyes found mine immediately.He stopped.The security man opened the gate.I stepped outside.I instinctively wrapped my arms around myself again, rubbing my bare arms as I walked toward Dominic.Dominic didn’t move toward me.He simply watched as I walked closer.I stopped a few feet away.“Just five minutes,” I said.He nodded.His eyes dropped briefly to my bare arms.Then, without saying anything, he took off his jacket.Before I could ask what he was doing, he stepped closer and carefully draped it over my shoulders.I went still.The warmth of it settled around me, carrying the faint scent of his cologne.I held my breath.For one stupid second, my heart fluttered.I immediately pushed the feeling away.It meant nothing.It was just a jacket.Dominic stepped back.I tightened my fingers around the edges of it, refusing to look at

I closed the bedroom door behind me.For a moment, I didn’t move.I simply leaned against it, my back pressed firmly against the wood as I let out the breath I’d been holding since I walked away from the gate.My eyes closed.I could still hear his voice.To deserve you.I swallowed.“Damn it.”I pushed myself away from the door and walked farther into the room.I was angry.Not at Dominic.At myself.Because his words had gotten to me.They shouldn’t have.After everything that happened, I should have been able to listen to his apology, accept it for what it was, and move on.But some of the things he’d said tonight were things I had once prayed he would understand.Things I had once wanted to hear from him so badly that I would have accepted almost anything just to hear him say them.I would learn you.My chest tightened.Years ago, I had wanted him to know me.What I liked.What I hated.What made me happy.What hurt me.I had wanted him to look at me and actually see me.And now,

I remembered him dropping to his knees beside her bed.I remembered the way he held her hand.The way he begged her to stay.I had never seen him look like that.Not once.He had looked broken.My eyes stung.I blinked.Then continued.I begged her not to leave me.She was my only family.I wasn’t ready.My hand slowly moved to my mouth.I could still see him.A son who was terrified.The next line made my chest ache.She lifted her hand and touched my face.I remembered that too.Her trembling fingers against his cheek.The tear that had slipped down her face.Then her eyes had found mine.There had been something so gentle in them.I had almost cried.I remembered wondering if she was trying to tell me something.The journal answered that question.She looked at Aurelia.Then she looked back at me.She smiled.And she whispered that she could die peacefully knowing her son wasn’t alone anymore.I stopped.My vision blurred.I read the sentence again.And again.My fingers began trem

I continued scrolling through my phone for the next ten minutes, still thinking about why Reed was coming to pick me up.Then my phone rang again.Reed.I answered.“I’m outside your company.”My eyebrows pulled together.“You’re what?”“Come downstairs.”“Reed, what are you—”“It’s important.”I paused.“Important?”“Very.”His voice had become deliberately serious.“And it’s something I can’t tell you over the phone. Or in your office.”I narrowed my eyes.“What are you up to?”“You’ll find out when you get downstairs.”Before I could question him again, he added,“I’ll be waiting.”The call ended.I lowered the phone slowly.I stared at the screen.What was he doing?My mind immediately started going through possibilities.Maybe something had happened with his agency.Was he finally showing me the progress?Or maybe he was about to start.I sighed.There was no point guessing.I reached for my bag and stood.Whatever it was, I would find out soon enough.I walked out of my office.