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.

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 work he still maintains his aloof persona, but when Lilly and I are around, it

"Now, I have you and Lilly, and you take precedence over everything, including the company. If I want to take you

I supposed to say to that? How am I even supposed to

understand. 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 pull my

there is more could learn from him before I am confident

to plan. I needed to organize my

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

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

Gabriel gave me when he walked into my office with a boyish grin and

mean, the weather wasn't that good. I hated the cold. In fact, I prefer scorching heat to cold

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

one of these

the tall green trees were relaxing. I feel myself melt into his arms as I relax. There is just something about being in nature.

dressed in a pink skirt. We had not yet moved to our new home. For reasons unknown to me (or maybe I did know I just didn't want to admit it), I kept postponing

doesn't matter; I had already planned to bring her to the office when she's on school break. She's been begging me to let her tag along one day," he says