Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0509

Harper.

"I honestly don't know why you wanted us to come here," I grumble as I rub my hands together to generate some warmth.

"Is it wrong that I want to take a walk with my wife through the park?" Gabriel asks, amusement coloring his features. My grumpiness doesn't do anything to diminish the shine in his eyes. In fact, it looks like he finds it cute.

*During work hours?" I ask skeptically, my eyes surveying the park we were in. Given the cold weather, we were among the few who were here.

*I am the boss, Harper, and you are my wife. We can do whatever the fuck we want," he says, grabbing my hand and holding it tightly in his. "If anyone has a problem with it, then they can go fuck themselves."

Despite the chill in the air and the fact that I don't want to be here, I smile. Using my hair to hide it.

Gabriel has surprised me over and over again with his care, love, and attentiveness. If I am being honest, I never thought that I'd ever be this happy with him. He has surprised me at every turn.

*It's still not a good habit," I tell him, looking up at his six-feet-two frame.

face greets me. Gone is the Gabriel I knew. He was no longer cold and detached. His smiles and laughs now come easily, and they warm my heart. Sure, at

since I was sixteen. It got worse after Ashley broke my heart. I lived and breathed the company. Our family's legacy." He pauses, his thumb drawing traces on my palm. "Now, I have you and Lilly, and you take precedence over everything, including the

am I even supposed

That I get what he is saying. After hearing his words, all my inhibitions fall away, and I put work aside. Focusing on the current moment. Using my free hand, I

over Unity Ventures, I still continued to work with him. I felt that there is more could learn from him before I am confident enough to venture

stages. I couldn't just jump head first. I needed to plan. I needed to

the ideas I had, I needed to do interviews and hire new staff. Like I said before, Unity Ventures was solely focused on buying and selling properties. With the introduction of

officially launch it with a brand-new face, so before that happens, I am totally okay learning and

files Gabriel gave me when he walked into my office with a boyish grin and excitement on his face. He had then proceeded

wasn't that good. I hated the cold. In fact,

in the terrible weather, he somehow managed to convince me... so here we were. Walking hand in hand in

here one of these days,"

were relaxing. I feel myself melt into his arms as I relax. There is just something about being

moved to our new home. For reasons unknown to me (or maybe I did know I just didn't want

when she's on school break. She's been begging me to let her tag along one day," he says with such a bright