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.

easily, and they warm my heart. Sure, at work he still maintains his aloof persona, but when Lilly and I are around, it

and Lilly, and you take precedence over everything, including the

to that? How am I even supposed to respond to

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

that there is more could learn from him before I

I needed to plan. I needed to organize my ideas, my goals, and steps for how to achieve all the goals I had

from that, before I can even launch 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 architectural, construction, and interior designing services, it will need not only new staff but

be a while before I can officially launch it with a brand-new face, so before

with a boyish grin and excitement on his face. He had then proceeded to

good. I hated the cold. In fact, I prefer scorching heat to cold weather. I

going out in the terrible weather, he somehow managed to convince me... so here we were. Walking hand in hand in this chilly weather, yet he didn't seem

these days," he tells me,

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

point out while smiling at a cute Chihuahua dressed in a pink skirt. We had not yet moved to our new home. For reasons unknown to me (or maybe I did know

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