All Chapters of EX-HUSBAND’S REGRET(The Wife He Discarded): Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The moment we stepped outside, it was obvious the story had already spread.“MR STERLING!”“FORD!”“DO YOU PERSONALLY KNOW MR. KINGS?”“AURELIA!”“WHY DID FORD STERLING PUSH DOMINIC KINGS?”Camera flashes exploded nonstop as security immediately surrounded us.Great.Just great.I kept walking without reacting while security cleared a path toward the waiting limo.The questions followed anyway.“ARE YOU AND DOMINIC KINGS CONNECTED?”“MISS STERLING!”“FORD!”“WAS THAT A FIGHT?”Beside me, Ford looked ready to murder someone.Pierce’s jaw was tight in irritation.Hayes stayed completely calm, but somehow that felt worse than all of them losing their tempers combined.The security opened the limo door quickly and we got inside one after another before the door finally shut behind us.Silence.Heavy silence.The car started moving almost immediately.Nobody spoke.The tension inside felt suffocating.I stared out the tinted window while flashes from cameras slowly disappeared behind us.M

The silence inside the boardroom pressed heavily against my skin. A clock ticked steadily against the wall, each second stretching longer than it should.Dominic stood at the far end of the table watching me.For one brief second, exhaustion made everything feel unreal. Like my mind had finally snapped after the last twenty-four hours and decided to torture me with the one person I least wanted to see.Because there was no way Dominic Kings was sitting inside my boardroom.My fingers tightened slightly around the strap of my bag before I forced them to relax again.Weakness was the last thing I would show him.I walked toward the chair slowly, my heels clicking softly against the marble floor, then sat down without rushing. The leather seat felt cool beneath my skin as I placed my bag neatly on the table beside the untouched documents.Dominic still hadn’t moved.His shoulders looked tense beneath the dark suit like he was holding himself together too carefully.“Leave us.”My voice c

The soft scratching of pencil against paper filled the office quietly.Silver lines curved across the page beneath my hand. For the first time all day, my head had finally become quiet enough to think.A knock sounded softly against the office door before it opened.Mia stepped inside carefully. “It’s almost seven, ma’am.”I looked up slowly.The sky outside the glass windows had already turned dark blue, London glowing beneath scattered city lights.My eyes shifted toward the clock hanging against the wall.6:52 PM.I blinked once.I genuinely hadn’t realized that much time had passed.The sketchbook closed softly beneath my hand.I picked up my phone from the desk, slipped it into my bag, then stood up slowly. My shoulders ached immediately from sitting too long.Mia watched me quietly while I walked toward the door.The entire company felt different now.Quiet.Most of the lights had already dimmed across the hallways. Empty desks sat abandoned behind glass offices while distant c

Morning sunlight spilled faintly across the marble floor of my bedroom when I opened my eyes.For a few seconds, I simply stared at the ceiling.Still tired.My body had rested, but my mind clearly hadn’t.I pushed the blanket away and sat up slowly, pressing my fingers briefly against my temple before standing from the bed.Another day.Another schedule.I walked toward the bathroom.By the time I finished getting ready, my expression looked perfectly composed again.Soft makeup.Black fitted dress.Hair smooth and neat.Nothing about me reflected the exhaustion sitting underneath my skin.That was how it had always been.The world only saw what I allowed it to see.When I walked downstairs, Leo was already eating breakfast while Pierce sat beside him scrolling through something on his phone.Leo brightened immediately.“Mummy!”I leaned down slightly and kissed the top of his head before sitting down across from them.Pierce looked up briefly.“You’re leaving early?”“I have meeting

The last file closed softly beneath my hand.Finally.I leaned back against the chair slowly before glancing toward the clock sitting near the edge of my desk.6:08 PM.Outside the glass windows, London had already started darkening beneath heavy evening clouds while office lights glowed endlessly across nearby buildings.My neck ached.So did my shoulders.I stood up slowly and stretched both arms above my head. Several parts of my body cracked immediately from sitting too long.A quiet exhale left me afterward.I began arranging the scattered documents across my desk carefully.Everything needed to stay organized.Predictable.Because lately, too many things around me weren’t.Once the desk looked clean enough again, I picked up my phone and slipped it into my bag before walking toward the office door.The hallway outside had already gone mostly quiet.Mia sat behind her desk reviewing something on her iPad, but the second she heard my door open, she immediately stood up.I barely s