All Chapters of Ex Husband Wants Me Back: He Regretted It After I Left : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

CHAPTER 1“I told you already, Ash. The company’s going through a lot of financial crisis. Where exactly do you expect me to get money to afford those medications you’re requesting for?”Alvin’s voice carried a faint edge of irritation. It wasn’t loud, but it was there. Sharp enough for me to notice.It had been there a lot lately ever since that morning. Ever since the that shattered my life into something I could barely recognize happened three weeks ago.I swallowed hard, my fingers tightening unconsciously around the cold metal rims of my wheelchair. The slight creak it made sounded too loud in the tense silence of the room as I turned myself slowly to face him properly.The familiar pain in my lower body flared again with the movement, sharp and cruel, like something gnawing deep beneath my skin. It was the same pain I needed those medications for.My breath hitched, but I bit it back, forcing my hands to stay steady as I adjusted my position.Maybe if he looked at me.Maybe if h

CHAPTER 3It had been over an hour now. Over an hour since the doctors finished attending to me, assuring me I was fine, and also since I woke up only to be hit again with that devastating memory. The truth about everything I thought I knew.The tears hadn’t stopped falling ever since then. Even now as I lie weakly against the stiff hospital bed, they keep slipping down my temples, soaking into the pillow beneath my head.The air in the room was thick with the smell of antiseptic and something metallic.From somewhere in the room I could hear the rhythmic beeping of the monitor, slow and steady, almost like it was mocking the chaos inside my chest.My fingers twitched against the thin hospital sheet, gripping it weakly as if it might ground me.Alvin.The same Alvin I loved and trusted with everything in me... To think he had tried to kill me.A shaky breath left my lips almost immediately, breaking halfway through.It still sounded insane even till this very moment, and hell, if anyo

CHAPTER 5Ashley POVThe moment the door clicked shut behind the strange man, the room fell silent the silence so loud and deafening.I let out a shaky breath I didn’t even realize I had been holding, my fingers tightening around my hospital gown as I stared around.Hell, everything still hurt not physically. No. it wasn’t the kind of pain that came with bruises or blood, but the kind that came from betrayal from the kind of truth you wished you could unlearn.Alvin…My fingers curled tighter into the gown, nails digging into my lap as his name echoed in my head like a curse I couldn’t escape, just as the words from Bethel hit me again.'Ma Ashley, your company has been handed to Sir Alvin, and you can’t get it back again unless he signs it over himself.'Of course, Alvin had done it yet again. He had taken everything. As if trying to kill me wasn’t enough, he had stolen my company my hard work as well as my life.A broken laugh slipped past my lips, dry and hollow at the thought.To

CHAPTER 7The words hit me like a bucket of ice water.My husband.For a brief second, I forgot how to breathe.The room suddenly felt smaller, the air thicker, pressing against my chest until every breath became a struggle.Alvin was here.Why?I stared blankly at the nurse, hoping she would laugh and tell me she’d mistaken someone else for my husband.She didn’t.“He said his name is Alvin Wellington,” she added gently. “Should I ask him to come up?”My fingers tightened around the edge of the blanket until my knuckles turned white.Just hearing his name made my stomach twist violently.Images flashed through my mind one after another.The birthday car.The failed brakes.His voice inside the hospital room.“She can’t remember.”The injection.The lies.The humiliation at Elena’s mansion.Every single memory came rushing back with such force that my entire body trembled.“No.”The word escaped my lips before I even realized I’d spoken.The nurse blinked.“I’m sorry?”“I said no.”Th

Chapter 9The city never truly slept.From the twenty third floor of the Grand Crescent Hotel, Ashley stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the glittering lights below. New York looked exactly as she remembered beautiful, ruthless, and full of memories she wished she could erase.She let out a slow breath before drawing the curtains shut.Tomorrow was the Global Innovation Awards.Tomorrow, the world’s attention would be on her.She had prepared for this moment for five years.Nothing was going to ruin it.After taking a quick shower, Ashley changed into a silk robe and settled onto the bed with her tablet, reviewing the speech she intended to give the following evening.A soft knock interrupted her.“Room service.”Ashley frowned.“I didn’t order anything.”“Complimentary dessert from hotel management, ma’am.”She hesitated.The hotel was one of the most luxurious in Manhattan. Complimentary gifts for VIP guests weren’t unusual.StillSomething didn’t feel right.She walke