Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0438

“Then what do you want? Because you are honestly confusing me here,” I tell him honestly.

“You. I want you, Harper.” I pull my hand from his and straighten in my chair, while looking at him suspiciously.

“You have to realize just how unbelievable you sound right now. You didn’t want me back then. You never wanted me and even went to great heights to drive in the point. How the hell do you expect me to believe that all of a sudden you now want me?” Is it wrong that I'm suspicious of him? That I'm suspicious of his end game. That I am afraid he could just be charming me Just to get into my pants, That he was playing a game with me. I don’t think I could handle it if that turns out to be case

It would shatter me.

He stares at me in an intense way. His eyes stay on me for a couple of minutes as if he’s trying to find the right words.

“I don’t know what to say, Harper. I don’t I I even think I can explain it to you given i that I barely understand it myself,” he explains in a soft voice. “All I know is that I want you, and not just your body,” Given our marriage before, I was skeptical. I found it hard to believe his words. To believe that he wants me when he used to drill into me that he never would.

with that, Gabriel. I don’t know what you want from me.” “Just give me a chance. That's all I ask,” he says,

am not really sure I'm ready to give him a chance. Hell, I am not even sure I should give

consume me, but was

and make small talk, and I slowly start to relax and let go of the tension that

do when you have

without even thinking

grins at me, and he looks nothing like

former life.” At my words, he throws back his head and I laugh. His laugh is so deep and beautiful that for

voice unfreezes me and I

“There is no problem at all.” The rest of the evening is spent in a comfortable atmosphere as

already late into the night. Since it was chilly outside, Gabriel takes his coat off and drapes it

inside the car, but doesn’t Start