Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 416

"Hi" for some weird reason, I squeaked the word.

Coming face to face with Ava was like coming face to face with your secret crush. I was all of a sudden sweaty and nervous. Instead of answering, she pulled me into a tight hug. It was a warm hug. It felt like hugging a soft and fluffy teddy bear.

"It's nice to officially meet you, Harper. Welcome to the family" she whispered right before she stepped away.

Gabriel then led me to the out-door setup that had multiple foods on the table. He moved me so that I was sitting right beside him.

Did he get that I hated his proximity for a reason?

Within seconds, everyone was digging in.

"So, Harper, what do you do?" Gabriel's mom asked.

I swallowed, when everyone turned to look. I hated it when attention was focused on me.

"I'm an interior designer," I replied, while trying to maintain eye contact.

If there was one thing my mother taught me, it's that eye contact was important, especially when it came to people from our world. The rich and influential viewed avoiding eye contact as a sign of weakness. My mother instilled in us to never show that weakness, no matter what.

"That's just perfect," Ava added. "I've been dying to change things in a few of the Hope houses. Maybe you can help with that."

Lilly, ever the curious little thing, catches that quickly. "What are Hope houses?"

Noah is the one that answers. "She's the founder of The Hope Foundation and those houses give the children she helps a

he was of his mother. You could also see the love he had for her. It seemed that

frowns, but then her face clears as if

Foundation. It's one of the biggest children's foundations in the country.

an alien from space. I, on

last name. Your foundation is

Lilly, she takes in information like a sponge absorbs water. Anything to do

know about all this, sweetheart?" Gabriel's

like it

grow up and in order to achieve my dream, I need to study the

to me and I almost froze. The keyword being,

I added, "Actually, anything

you encourage this?"

so why would I stand in her way? Anything I can

back tears. "She's just like her daddy. Gabriel also used to obsess over numbers when

moment I forgot that he was a grown-up man. It's like he was back to being a little

man I was used to, was overwhelming to say

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