Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 492

Chapter 0492

Harper.

It's been close to two weeks since Gabriel made me promises that shattered every reservation, I had about giving him a second chance.

I swear, I never thought I could be this happy.

My life with Liam was good, but with Gabriel, it's better. Maybe because Gabriel is the man I loved. The man my heart held on to for almost a decade.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't scared. There was still the small part of me that expected the other shoe to drop. After all, it wouldn't be the first time in my life that a loved one has been taken away from me.

There is also the fear that this is all too easy, you know. Like shouldn't it be a bit harder? A bit more difficult. A bit more challenging... or is that just my self-sabotaging tendencies talking?

Maybe I am so used to not having things going my way, which just makes me question things when they do.

"What are you working on?" Gabriel pops out of nowhere, scaring the crap out of me.

With my hand on my chest, I try to calm my racing heart. "Don't sneak up on me like that."

"I didn't," he says, his eyes flashing in amusement. "I've been calling you for more than a minute. You were just staring into space."

That night at the gala, right after that first round, Gabriel continued for two more rounds. We slept and just when I thought it was over, he woke me up for a few more rounds. I swear, by morning, my legs were like jelly.

deep inside you. He would alternate between sweet

belong to

a small part of me that keeps insisting that I gave in too quickly.

papers in front of me. "I've just been thinking of how to take Unity

right next to me

I?" he motions to the papers that I'd been scribbling on and I

he asks after a couple

one I have is to turn it into what its names suggest. Unity Ventures. Meaning we will be all- rounded.

to mine. My joy swells deep inside me at the look

be

company down, maybe Andrew wouldn't have been so busy trying to save it to realize that he was sick. By the time he did get diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer, my parents were

Gabriel and I were married, but

but I also put the blame

not be here today, but I'll make sure it succeeds in honor of

really impressed," Gabriel

*Thank you."

can be your first client," he says thoughtfully. "She did say she'd like you to do the interior of one of her hope houses. Working with her will push you to higher heights because

she has never mentioned it again, so

about you, but I am not the kind of person who will go bother someone because of

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