Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 281

Chapter 0281

Nora and Theo arrive around thirty minutes later. Like I said, I haven’t been outside since that short trip

from the hospital

I was dying to see how the city had changed. Four years is a lot of time for a fast–moving city like this one

to stay the same.

When the doorbell rings, I get up excitedly and open the door.

“Are you and lo

you and Iris ready?” Nora asks.

She was buzzing with the same excitement as me. I let both of them hug me. Being in their arms felt so

wonderful and familiar. Like it was something I constantly got from them.

“Yes, let me just get her.”

I turn around and head back to the living room. Picking up my daughter, I say a hurried goodbye to Teresa,

then leave the house.

I was about to climb into their car when a bodyguard stops me.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but I can’t let you leave,” he says, dampening the excitement.

I didn’t know his name, though I’ve seen him a couple of times while he was patrolling the compound.

“Why not?”

“I’m just following orders,” he replies kindly, but it honestly pisses me off.

“Call him,” I demand, my voice harder than I’d expected,

Almost reluctantly, he takes his phone from his pocket and dials it. I would have called Rowan myself, but

I didn’t want to admit to anyone that I was struggling to read the names saved on my phone.

“What’s going on? Theo asks from behind.

I raise my hand to stop him. I wasn’t coming off as rude; I was just frustrated. I hated feeling like I was

caged. Like I was a prisoner in my own house.

then hands

is hard and

is the bodyguard preventing me from leaving?

want to go? You can send him or he can

invited me for lunch with her and Theo… I have nothing to do so I want to leave with

put up a fight, but he doesn’t. Instead, he just sighs and asks to speak to Theo. I hand over the phone to him. He walks a couple of meters from us. When he is done, he comes back

phone to

asks

has agreed, just as long as we take extra bodyguards with us.” He then turns to the guard.

you, men. You’ll take one car. My bodyguards will drive

He nods. “Yes sir”

them to organize themselves. A

pull up at a fancy restaurant. The

and me out of

hold

Iris over

granddaughter.

leads us inside. Some of the bodyguards stay outside, while a

hostess sees us, she directs us to a VIP section. It was obvious that the couple had money and were well known. It reminded

you tell me more about Ethan?” I ask them the moment that the hostess leaves

sure we’re settled

before they both turn to

told you

but only that he is your adopted son, Iris’s father and

that he couldn’t have known

I can get to know him better through

do you want to know about him?”

Do you visit him??

I

nod their heads. Iris was now awake, but I didn’t take her from her grandmother.

so there wasn’t

I know most people

what he did.

I swear he isn’t

you

hard to hate someone you

my opiniof him is based on what others have told

as they tell me all about their Ethan. They also tell

up with the Sharp’s.

I did pay

by the time they’re done, I’m

If I’m being honest, I

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