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?"

answers. "She's the founder of The Hope Foundation and those houses give the children

was of his mother. You could also see the love he

clears as if a light bulb just went on

children's foundations in the country.

like she's an alien from space. I, on the other hand, was quite proud of my daughter's extensive

last name. Your foundation is worth millions of dollars and you're the richest woman in the country and

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

know about all this, sweetheart?" Gabriel's dad asked after the shock wore

like it wasn't

+ grow up and in order to achieve my dream, I

I almost froze. The keyword being,

"Actually,

you encourage this?"

would I stand in her way? Anything I can

she was fighting back tears. "She's just like her daddy. Gabriel also used

Gabriel complained, and for a moment I forgot that he was a grown-up man. It's like he was back to

this, so different from the cold man I

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