All Chapters of The Heir’s Regret: My "Helpless" Ex-Wife Is a Legend: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

After returning to her apartment, Nadia washed up quickly and collapsed into bed. She was utterly exhausted, and even her dreams were restless. She was so drained that she didn’t notice her phone had run out of battery and shut off.Fortunately, the soundproofing in her apartment was terrible. Early the next morning, she was jolted awake by the noise of neighbors in the hallway, which kept her from oversleeping.She washed up in a rush. Remembering what had happened the day before, she skipped her makeup and planned to do it at the shop. She shoved her essentials into her bag, pulled on a face mask, and rushed out the door, arriving at work just in time.“Morning,” she greeted Summer.“Nadia, are you okay?” Summer looked at her with deep concern. The comments online were vicious. Even someone as thick-skinned as Summer felt sick reading them, let alone someone like Nadia.Nadia, who hadn’t checked her phone all morning, had no idea what was going on.“I’m fine. Why? What happened

Nadia immediately set down the flowers in her hands and headed toward the back room.Summer assumed she was going to the restroom and didn’t ask. She stood and greeted the customers as they pushed open the door.“Welcome in.”Xena walked in with her arm looped through Quinton’s. She swept a glance around the shop but didn’t see Nadia anywhere.By then, Summer had already recognized the glamorous woman in front of her. It was Xena, the actress who had been exposed a few days ago for fooling around with a man at the Summit Ridge hot springs before being taken away in an ambulance.As for the man beside her, he had to be Nadia’s cheating husband.Summer instinctively glanced toward the restroom. Nadia must have seen them coming and hidden before they walked in.What a shameless pair.Summer cursed them silently, but she also knew she couldn’t afford to offend the Zeller family.So she could only curse them a few more times in her heart on Nadia’s behalf.Xena was sharp enough to

“Ugh.”Xena suddenly covered her mouth and gagged.“Quin.”She called his name in a soft, delicate voice, then covered her stomach.“What’s wrong?”Seeing her like that, Quinton quickly reached out to steady her.“Quin, my stomach hurts. Is there something bad in here that’s making the baby uncomfortable?”The moment Quinton heard that her stomach hurt, all reason flew out of his head. He was terrified something might happen to the baby.“What? Your stomach hurts?”Quinton immediately helped Xena sit down.He knelt on one knee in front of her and carefully placed a hand on her belly.“What happened? Does it hurt badly? We’re going to the hospital right now.”“Quin.”Xena held his hand down.“Our baby has always been healthy. Even the doctor said the baby is developing well. But the moment I came in here, I started feeling sick. There must be something wrong with this shop.“Quin, what if something happens to the baby? Grandpa is still waiting for his great-grandchild.”

In the end, Quinton’s slap never landed.His raised wrist was caught in a strong grip. Quinton was so furious that he didn’t even get a clear look at the man in front of him before he cursed.“Who the hell is stopping me?”Declan didn’t back down. Instead, his grip tightened.Quinton cried out in pain.“Who the hell are you? Let go of me!”Nadia recognized him as Hugo’s assistant.“Mr. Carter.”She was grateful he had stepped in just in time.Declan nodded to her.“Ms. Lincoln, would you like me to call the police?”“Call the police for what? She’s my wife. Do you know who I am? Believe me, I can... Ah! It hurts! Let go of me!”The moment Quinton started shouting, Declan tightened his grip again.As Hugo’s assistant, Declan wasn’t only excellent at his job, but he had also won first place in a hand-to-hand combat competition during his time in the military.Otherwise, he never would have been chosen to work at Hugo’s side.Quinton howled in pain. In the end, he was pract

“She actually hit them?”Hugo looked up at Declan.“Yes. Ms. Lincoln hit both of them. I really didn’t expect someone as gentle as Ms. Lincoln to hit anyone. They must have pushed her too far.”Hugo pictured Nadia raising her hand, and something shifted in his usually calm eyes.“That’s exactly how she should be.”Declan paused. “What did you say, sir?”“Nothing. You can go.”After Declan left, Hugo lowered his head and returned to his work.His gaze fell on the phone beside him, and he thought of the message Nadia had sent half an hour earlier.The thing she said to him most often was thank you.He opened their chat and looked at her profile picture. Almost without thinking, he tapped on it.Her profile picture was an edelweiss in full bloom.High on a snowy mountain, surrounded by ice and wind, the small white flower stood quietly on its own. Even the cold and dirt thrown at it seemed to turn into frost, becoming part of its quiet strength.Hugo stared at the picture for