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.

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

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 company. If

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

know that I do understand. That I get what he is saying. After hearing his words, all my inhibitions fall away, and I put work aside.

though Gabriel had handed over Unity Ventures, I still continued to work with him. I felt that there is more could learn from him before I am

was still in my planning stages. I couldn't just jump head first. I needed to plan. I needed to organize my ideas, my goals, and steps for

interviews and hire new staff. Like I said before, Unity Ventures was solely focused on buying and selling properties. With the introduction of architectural, construction, and interior designing services, it will need not only new

a brand-new face, so before that happens,

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

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

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

one of these days," he tells me, breaking through

The quietness, the atmosphere, and most especially the tall green trees were relaxing. I feel myself

on the other side of the penthouse," I point out while smiling at a cute Chihuahua dressed in a pink skirt. We had not yet moved to our new home.

school break. She's been begging me to let her tag along one