All Chapters of EX-HUSBAND’S REGRET(The Wife He Discarded): Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

The dining room stayed silent after Camille’s last words.My worst nightmare.The words sat heavily in the air.Camille kept staring down at her hands like she already regretted saying anything at all.I watched the way her fingers twisted together tightly in her lap.Nervous.Almost trembling.Then finally, she spoke again.“It all started when my mother died ten years ago.”Her voice came out quieter this time.“I was sixteen, and my aunt… Mrs. Ashford… took me in.”She swallowed once before continuing.“She was nice to me. Really nice.” A sad smile touched her lips briefly before disappearing again. “But Richard and Selena never wanted me there. They tolerated me because my aunt wanted me to stay with them,” Camille continued softly. “But everything changed five years ago.”Something about the way she said that made my stomach tighten immediately.“My aunt always visited my mother’s grave with me every year on her death anniversary.” Her eyes lowered further. “So on the fifth anniv

I walked through the lobby with my sunglasses still on despite the cloudy weather outside.I barely slept.Every single time I closed my eyes last night, I kept hearing Camille’s voice again.He said Kash had every right to me.My chest tightened painfully at the memory.I used to think what I went through at the Mercers’ house was hell.But Camille…God.What she survived was something else entirely.The thought alone made something heavy settle deep inside me again.It was terrifying how cruel people could become behind closed doors.How someone could smile in public while destroying another human being privately.Camille was still asleep when I left home this morning with Leo.Before leaving, I made sure Lily stayed around in case Camille woke up uncomfortable or needed anything.The elevator doors slid open softly in front of me.I stepped inside and pressed the button for my floor before leaning lightly against the wall.The ride upward stayed silent.But my mind didn’t.By the t

The door opened slowly beneath my hand.And for one horrible second, I couldn’t breathe.Leo was lying on the hospital bed asleep, his small body almost swallowed by the white sheets. A thick bandage covered his left eye and was wrapped carefully around his head. His tiny fingers rested limply against the blanket while the heart monitor beside him beeped softly in the quiet room.My chest tightened so painfully that my knees nearly weakened.“Oh my God…”The principal and one of Leo’s teachers immediately stood up the second we entered.“Mrs. Sterling,” the principal said quickly, her expression tense. “Please don’t panic. The doctor already checked him. They said the injury looks worse than it actually is, but they still need to monitor him properly.”I barely heard half of what he was saying.My eyes stayed fixed on Leo.The bandage.The dried tear marks still faintly visible near his cheek.My baby.Behind me, the room stayed strangely quiet.Then I realized Dominic hadn’t moved fr

For one long second, neither of us moved.Then Dominic straightened abruptly.Too fast.Like being seen like this was the last thing he wanted.His hand dropped from his chest immediately while his shoulders pulled tighter, his expression shifting back into something controlled. Something composed.But it didn’t settle properly.Not fully.I could still see the strain around his mouth.The uneven rise of his chest.“I’m fine,” he said.His voice came out rough.The lie sat between us instantly.My eyes dropped briefly to his hand still gripping the edge of the car door.His fingers shook once before tightening harder around the metal.I looked away first.“I came for my bag.”Even to my own ears, my voice sounded distant.Dominic blinked slowly like the words took a second longer than normal to reach him.Then he nodded once.“Right.”He reached into his pocket for the keys.But the second he pulled them out, they slipped from his fingers.The keys hit the ground with a sharp metallic

My stomach dropped.For a second, I genuinely thought I was imagining him.But no.Dominic stood in the doorway, a large gift box balanced in his hands.The evening sunlight from the window caught the side of his face, throwing part of it into shadow.What the hell was he doing here?“The scholarship man!” Leo’s voice filled the room again.Dominic’s eyes immediately found him.And just like that, something shifted in his expression.The tension I’d seen outside this morning loosened slightly.A small smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he walked closer.“I heard you got hurt.”Leo immediately sat up straighter.His good eye dropped to the box.“Is that for me?”The smile on Dominic’s face deepened.Barely.But I saw it.“Yeah.”Leo gasped.Dominic placed the box carefully on the bed.The second Leo opened it, his mouth fell open.“No way!”His voice echoed through the room.Inside sat a customized Iron Man costume.Not the cheap plastic kind.A real one.Detailed.Polished.Ex