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Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 441-"This is Ava we are talking about, I always saw her as a rival since the day I realized that she had a thing for Rowan. I never hated her, but I wouldn't say I loved her either even though I thought she was my sister. To me, she was just Ava. She didn’t really exist in my world. My hatred however came to life when I learned she slept with Rowan.Ava shakes her head as if to clear it, then walks over to me, “What are you doing?” “Ihave a therapy appointment” A small smile forms on her lips as she tilts her head to stare at me. “Then you've come to the right place. Dr Mia is the best in the city. She’s been my therapist since Ethan got arrested.” I expected to see hate or bitterness for Ethan because of what he did, but there was none.She just smiled fondly whenI she said his name.The secretary behind me tells me that my therapist is ready for me. I start to fidget.All the reassurance I had a couple of minutes ago flies out of the window.I I'm jolted from my mini panic when soft and warm hands engulf mine. I look up to find Ava smiling at me and holding my hand.“You are nervous” she simply states and I nod.“You don’t have to be, Emma. This is the first step to healing. I promise” I hear her words, but they are just jumbled. My heart is racing and so is my mind. I’m nervous and a part of me wants to run and hide, because I’m afraid of coming face to face with my mistakes.With my demons.“How about I stay here and wait for you?” she asks when I don’t seem to be calming down. “If I stay right here, will knowing I'm outside help you?” I stop and think for a while.“Yes, I think it will” I answer in a small voice, barely above a whisper.“Perfect, come then” She holds my hand and pulls me towards the door. When we get to it, she gives me a small shove after telling me she’ll be right outside, before closing the door behind me.“Hi Emma,” the woman sitting at the couch is nothing like I expected her to be.I'm a lawyer, so I assumed she’d be dressed in a skirt suit or something like that.Instead her clothes were really, really casual.With her flowing skirt, headscarf, multiple necklaces and bangles, and her bare feet, she reminded me of a gypsy.I “Hi” I reply nervously, remembering that she had greeted me first.I “Take a seat” she tells me in a soft-arnd comforting voice.Reluctantly, I do as she tells me. I wasn’t a judgmental person, but right now I was judging her ability to help me. She’s nothing like I imagined a therapist to be."So, first of all I want you to close your eyes and take a deep breath"she says. "I want you to clear your head, push down any fears you may haye labout this session. I want you relax, unwind and just be your true self" Again, not what I was expecting.Was this how therapy sessions started? This sounds more like yoga than a therapy session.I continue looking at her skeptically, my eyes narrowed. Maybe Molly made a mistake. Hell, Ava too. None of what she was telling me seems professional.“Emma, this won't work if you don’t follow my instructions” she tells again I me in that gentle manner.Sighing, I give in. The session was already booked and paid for. What did I have to lose? With that thought I close my eyes and focus on nothing. I just let my mind drift until it finally relaxes."Now, open your eyes" Dr Mia says, and I slowly open my eyes. "How, do 0 1 you feel?" "Surprisingly, à bit more relaxed and less tense" I have to admit that I did not expect that to work at all."Super. Now we can start our session. I learned early on that it's, Deneficial for my alients to be at ease.before we Start our sessions, that's why I start with helping them to release their dark energies"Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 442-"Eh, what do I say to that? I'm nota believer of positive and negative energies.“So, if I may ask, why are you here, I Emma? What made you decide on therapy?” her question comes as a surprise and for a moment I fumble with my answer.“I didn’t want to come. Hell, I’m not even the one that booked it, but my friend thinks it will be beneficial for me. She thinks I need to heal and forgive myself before I can move forward.” The words just tumble out of my mouth without warning, which shocks me. I never intended to tell her the truth.She smiles at me, her face radiating peace. “Honesty, I like that. That’s one thing that I prefer my clients having.Without honesty, how can I help them, right?” When I don’t say anything, she continues.“You mentioned forgiving yourself;am I wrong to assume that you feel guilty about something?” “I feel guilty about a lot of things,” What the hell? Did she do something to me? Is there something in the humidifier that makes people open up and talk? Because how the hell did I admit that to her so easily when I never admitted it to Molly? “Guilt is a strong emotion. What else do you feel?” “Regret, loss” “That’s good. Guilt and regret usually go hand in hand. It’s hard to feel regret and not guilt and vice versa. In your case, I think you lost someone precious to you, and the guilt and regret of not valuing them is eating you inside” I Ifight back the tears, because she was damn right. She hit the mark on the spot.“Before we can get into those three— emotions, I want you to tell me about your childhood. Your parents, siblings, friends, childhood crushes. Walk me through your life as a teenager and then as a young adult. Can you do that for me?” I nod and proceed to tell her everything.She listens as I bare everything. By the time we get to when Ava and Rowan slept together and then what happened after, I was a hot crying mess. I managed to pull through though and told her everything.“There is a lot to unpack from what you’ve told me, Emma, but that’s why I am here” she says once I am done talking. “I’m here to help you deal with you pain and hurts. I am here to help you heal” “Thank you” I snivel and wipe my nose and tears.“Our time is over, but I want you to give you an assignment. Go buy a journal, okay? And in our next session you'll tell me why you bought that specific journal.What attracted you to it. Is it because it’s your favorite color? Is it because you like leather covers? That sort of thing” I nod, understanding what she meant.“Then I want you to write down what you felt about Rowan and Ava. I want you to write what you felt about Calvin and Gunner. I want you to write what you felt about yourself. Mark those words, Emma.Not what you feel, what you felt, back then when you were in uni” “Okay” She then takes my hand and squeezes. “I want you to know that I am proud of you.This is a huge step you are taking and I am so proud of you for having the carriage to bare your wounds.Healing is messy, but i'll be here to guide you through it."I don't why, but it feels so fucking good to hear her say that. Ileases"something inside me.“Thank you, Mia” I tell her. She told me to call her by her name."Welcome" she smiles and then stands up. "I'll see you in our next?session"t walk out of her office feeling lighter than I have in a very long time.Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 443-Ava stands up and walks towards me the I moment I get outside the door.“How was it?” she asks, her eyes shifting I between mine.If I am being honest, then I’m surprised she’s still here. When she said that she would wait for me, I didn’t expect her to.Ijust thought she would wait till I was inside, then leave. I never thought she’d wait the entire one and a half hour.“It was surprisingly nice,” I reply, not really sure how to put it.I'liked the session more than I thought I would. For so long, I kept what I was feeling inside me. Sure, I told Molly, but I never allowed myself to feel the emotions. I never told her how I felt. The heartbreak, the pain, the emptiness, all of it, I kept it to myself.I Being able to do that with Mia was eye- opening. I don’t know how she did it. I I don’t know how she got me to open up…But everything just came tumbling out of my mouth and heart. Every feeling I've tried fleeing from. Every pain I’ve tried burying. Everything just tumbled out of I me. I I'm nowhere near okay, but I feel good. I feel great that I was able to release that part of myself that I’ve been trying to bury.“That’s good, come on then” Ava tells me gently. “Let’s get you cleaned up, and then we can get some ice cream.” I feel like I've lost my mind or something.Ice cream? With Ava? Did I wake up in an alternate universe or some shit?Before I can even question her on her actions, she pulls me to a corridor. We enter the washrooms and she turns me so that I'm facing the mirror.I gasp in shock when I stare at my face., “Ilearned early on to carry wipes when "coming in for my session,” she saysas she pulls out wipes, concealer and mascara from her handbag.I continue staring at myself in the mirror.My eyes were red and puffy, and my mascara was smudged all over my face. If I had known this would be the aftermath, I'would have gone with a waterproof mascara instead.In my defense, I didn’t expect Mia to break my defenses and have me bawling like a child. I've always held myself upright and uptight. For Mia to be able to break through my defenses is honestly shocking.I’m pulled out of my thoughts when Ava hands me the wipes. Slowly, I take them from her hand and begin wiping the mascara. We stay silent as I get myself cleaned up. Once I'm done, I use the concealer to cover the blotchiness under my eyes. Thank God Ava and I have the same skin tone.“How do look?” I ask when everything is done.“Better?” she says it more as a question than a statement.Tjust shrug my shoulder. “That’1l do.” We pack everything up and leave the washrooms.After setting up my next appointment, we leave the building. We were outside and I was just about thank her when she speaks.“There is a small ice cream shop across, do you want to join me?” She had mentioned it before we went to the restroom, but it still catches me by surprise. I didn’t know what to do. Do I accept her invitation? Do I reject it? “It’s okay if you don’t want to, and II don't want to be pushy," she says when she notices my dilemma. "It's just I something I think you'd like. My first therapy session was hard getting ice cream later and collecting my thoughts helped." I think about it for a minute before nodding. "Sure, why not?" She smiles at me brightly, and for the first time, I truly see the beautiful woman who was hidden under years of neglect and mistreatment.We cross the road and head to the shop. It was small and cozy. It kind of reminded me of a grandmother’s house. Not my grandmother though. My grandma was a cold woman who cared mostly about wealth and status.We get seats near a window, in a far corner. The whole place was comfortable, and I get why Ava liked this place.“I'still can’t believe we are here,together," I say after our ice creams arrive. "And we are not pulling each other's hair out." Lt She laughs, her eyes shining. " know tight210 m spmeone told me this a few years back, I would have laughed in their faces and told them hell to the no."I'can't stop the grin that spreads across my face. "You really hated me, didn't you?" I wasn't asking to be malicious, I was just curious.Ava stops laughing and becomes serious."I didn't really hate you, Emma. I was jealous of you. There is a difference.You had everything/wanted.o m Rowan's loveland that of our family and his family while I had nothing but.hate and indifference from them, I had no one but myself. That is until Noah came along."Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 444-My heart aches at the pain that’s still embedded in her voice. I get why she’s still in therapy. Ava hasn’t yet healed completely.I look back and put myself in her shoes. I never questioned why my parents were how they were towards Ava even before she and Rowan messed up. I just went along with how things were. I didn’t ignore her, but I also never went out of my way to make her feel included.After the mess with Rowan, I was too heartbroken and drowning in my own pain to care about how cruelly they treated her. In my head, I rationalized it by saying that she deserved it.“I'wasn’t the best older sister growing up, was I?” I ask slowly, as the weight of my mistakes continue to hit me.“It’s okay, and it doesn’t really matter. I was also not the best little sister and I ruined everything. I love Noah, I really do . and I’d never regret him, but I do regret the night he was conceived. I never meant to cause you so much pain, Emma. Please believe that.” I blink back the tears, trying my hardest not to let them fall. She reaches out and grabs my hand before squeezing it. When 1 look up, she’s also fighting back her tears.“Why are you being nice to me? I was terrible to you after I came back.” I was puzzled. I did everything to cause trouble for her. She should hate me. She should be glad karma got me.Ava gives me a watery smile. “Because even though I hated how you treated me, I understood where you were coming from. It wasn’t intentional on my part, but fact is, I slept with your boyfriend.The guy you loved. You had a right to be angry. You had right to hate me. Your emotions towards me were valid given I loved and wanted him even knowing he I was taken. I was young and immature, but that’s not an excuse. I should have been better. I should have done better…and that will always be my biggest regret.” I squeeze her hand. Needing an anchor to tie me to the present. To stop me from drowning in a sea of loss and pain.“I’m sorry, Emma. More than you know. I look at everything and I wonder if things would have been better if I'd let go.Maybe then you, Calvin and Gunner wouldn’t be in so much pain. Maybe everybody would have gotten their happy ending. I'm so sorry. I ruined your life and I don’t even know how to help you fix ie We both bawling by this point. The only good thing is that we were hidden in our safe nook.I hated that she carried such a burden.I She didn’t deserve to carry the weight of my mistakes. Calvin and Gunner?How I I treated them was my decision. She I shouldn't be carrying the burden of the outcome.«It wasn’t your fault, Ava… and I don’t I want you to think it is. You have nothing to do with my choices or my mistakes.” “But my actions led you to those choices, so no matter how you look at it, it’s still my fault.” “No, it’s not,” I tell her firmly, wiping my tears.“Yes, itis.” “It’s not.” “Itis.” “It’s not” Hi is” “Oh for goodness sake, will you just drop it?” I throw my hands up in frustration."Can't you just accept my fucking I answer" She glares at me, but there isn't any heat behind it Way do run the moment. "" i did not" "You did" We scowl at each other, then burst out laughing. We laugh so hard that we hold on to the table for support. We are weird.One moment we were crying and the next we were laughing. Something is wrong with us."This is nice," Ava says after we've both calmed down. "We should do this more often." She's right it was nice, nice expected to have Ava as nice, I never expected to have Ava as anything other than my arch nemesis, but today proved that maybe a friendship can blossom. She understood my pain in ways I doubtanyone ever will."I'd love that." After that, everything just feels easy. We eat ice cream. We talk and we laugh, Wespent almost three hours in that cozy I shop and I loved every minute of it. After, I went home feeling more alive than I have in a long time.

Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 445-= I'sat at my dressing table staring blankly at the mirror while I brushed my hair. It was around nine in the evening and my head was a mess.

When I went for my therapy session today, I never expected to bump into Emma. Hell, I never expected to offer to wait for her, then invite her for ice cream, and then go ahead, and spend hours just talking with her.

She told me it was her first therapy session and I just felt the need to be there for her. I know how hard my session was for me. The fear and anxiety. The panic and pressure. I went alone, and I almost gave myself a heart attack with how anxious and nervous I got.

When I got out of that session, I felt ripped open. Like my wounds had been scrubbed raw. I had done nothing to heal them. Instead, I just covered them and buried my head in the sand. Band-aids can’t fix bullet holes, and that’s exactly what I tried to do.

I was mess. I felt exposed. I felt drained. I felt like a gaping hole was where my chest should be, and my bleeding heart could be seen. I Letty was on a business trip that time and there wasn’t anyone I could call to comfort me. So, when I got out and saw that ice cream shop, that’s where I went to collect myself.

For some weird reason, I didn’t want that for Emma. I didn’t want to see her all alone and broken. I didn’t want to leave her, knowing how brutal the first session could be. That’s why I offered to stay and wait for her. I didn’t think she’d take my offer and I was surprised when she did.

She came out of that office, wide eyed with dried mascara smudged on her face.

She looked like she'd been through hell and back. Just like I'd predicted, that first session had been brutal.

She also looked confused, and I know why. Emma isn’t one to share her feelings. We were similar in that manner.

None of us liked sharing. We liked burying that pain and pretending we were okay.

I had that same reaction after I realized that Mia had easily gotten me to open up.

I didn’t understand how she did. If I believed in magic, then I would think she cast a spell or something.

When we sat down at the ice cream shop and I saw the pain she was hiding, I couldn’t help but apologize. I still feel like everything that happened was my fault.

Maybe if I hadn’t been so obsessed with Rowan, things would have turned out okay for everyone.

I love Rowan. I fucking do. I just can’t help but wonder if things would have been better if I'd let go. None of us would have gone through the years of pain that I we had. Calvin, Emma and Gunner are still suffering. They're still in pain. If Id let go earlier, maybe they wouldn't be where they were right now.

And maybe they would have still ended . . I up where they are. That tiny voice 4 I whispers.

When I apologized to Emma, I meant every word I said. So many times,!

wish I could go back in time and change things, but that night would mean erasing Noah and Iris from existence.

"Ava?" I'm startled when a hand lands on my shoulder. I look up to find Rowan staring at me with worry in his grey eyes.

“You startled me. When did you get back?” I ask, putting my hand brush down before standing up and facing him.

"I'm sorry. I've been calling you name for almost five minutes." | hug, him and peck his cheek, before going to sit on the bed. "I was just lost in thought."Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 446-" Istay quiet as I watch him take off his coat, then tie, then socks.The rest of his clothes come off, until he’s left in nothing but his boxers. I watch him as he crosses the room and disappears into the bathroom. Seconds later, the shower turns on, and I pull my eyes from the door, and focus straight on.Not really seeing anything.My mind wanders back to Emma.I got my happy ending, but what about her? Should I even be calling it a happy ending when Rowan was hers in the beginning? Would they have been together had I let go? Would they have been happy? All these questions keep running through my head. All these doubts keep making me question my decision tostay with Rowan. I want everyone happy. I hate knowing that I got my happy ending I while Emma and Calvin didn’t.Maybe if I'd let go, Emma and Rowan "would have remained together. They would have remained in love. Then Calvin would have moved on and so would I.Everyone would have gotten their happy I ending.“Ava, are you okay?” his voice pulls me from my musings.I'stare up at him to find him in nothing but a towel. It's low on his hips, and that delicious V is visible for me to see. Water droplets run slowly down his chest and abs, and for a second I forget what he had asked me.This is the effect he had on me. One look at him, and I completely forget everything.Sighing, I look away from his naked chest. “I'met Emma today, and we spent some time together,” I When I stare at his eyes, there is nothing at the mention of her name. No regret. No J) longing. No love. There was absolutely nothing. B “And that messed you up?” he comes and sits down beside me.“Yes” I answer honestly, trying to fight back my tears. “She’s hurting and I can’t help but wonder if things would have been better had I just let go and walked away. Maybe I shouldn’t have come to find you that night. Maybe I should have run away the moment I found out I was pregnant. Maybe I should have fought harder against your decision to marry.” I stand up and start pacing our bedroom.“Maybe! Maybe! Maybe! All the possibilities keep playing in my head over and over again. I ruined your life. I ruined her life. I ruined Calvin’s life. I just don’t know what to do.” He gets up and grabs me by my upper arm. I try wrenching myself from him, but he doesn’t let go.“You didn’t ruin my life, Ava. You didn’t,” he whispers hoarsely.I can’t stop the tears that flow down my face. It’s too painful knowing that my I love was the cause of pain for other people."Yes, I did. You loved her and I took that away from both of you. You would have been happy had justlet go. Had bgen strong enough to move on before I messed things up.Hell, I never should have agreed to the marriage." His hands move from my shoulder and wrap around my waist, bringing me close to him.It was a constant battle. Two years later, and I was still fighting with the demons past fast. Two years and l was still trying to heal.Me told me not to expect instant healing.She told me healing takes time, and it isn't a process that can be rushed.She l said it takes others, even ten, agreed to tire manage Are lad you glad you didn't let go. I'm I fucking glad you held on for as long as you could because I can't imagine my life without you. It kills me every day knowing I almost lost you. That the reason you are in my arms is.because Ethan messed up and ended up in prison."Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 447-' His voice is hoarse as he tries to suppress his emotions. The tremble in his voice is my undoing. I don’t like it when he’s in pain. I hate it.“Rowan…” “No, Ava. It’s true. I was almost too late and deep down I know that had it not been for Ethan screwing up, I wouldn’t have had a chance with you.You wouldn’t have come back to me had fate not intervened. I will always be grateful that you gave me another chance despite the shit I did to you. The mistake you think you made that night? It’s nothing compared to what I put you through for nine years and yet you took me back…” “Because I love you.” “Yes, but Ethan almost claimed that love for himself.” 1 hated how insecure he was about Ethan.1 did almost fall for him, but he wasn't meant for me. Ethan will always have a special place in my heart, not because I'm in love with him, or because he gave me Iris, but because he taught me how to live and love myself when no one else does.“You don’t need to feel guilty because I am where I’m supposed to be. What Emma and I had was young love. It wouldn’t have lasted. Look at how it crumbled when it was put to the test? We held on because we thought it was the shit. We thought it was true love. We also never really got closure. What I feel for you is the real deal, Ava, and I know that because just the thought of losing you sends me into a panic like no other.Losing you would kill me. Losing you wouldn’t push me to drinking and doing drugs, it'll end me because without you I am nothing.” He works every day to prove himself to me, To show me that he loves me and only me. It’s an uphill battle, because there are times I’m reminded of his love for Emma. I'm reminded of how he held I on to her for years and that brings doubts.I There are moments when I’m reminded of the pain he put me through. The heartache I went through at his hands.There are moments when those memories tear at my heart and I wonder what I'm still doing with him. Those times, as if sensing my thoughts, he'll lay his head on my chest and hold me tightly as if he’s afraid of losing me. He'll then whisper over and over again that he loves me until his words push away the darkness.Like I said, it’s an uphill battle, and I'm not at the top yet, but slowly I'm learning to let go.“I'll be at your feet every day because the ground you walk on should be worshiped.I'll remind you every day of my love foryou. Ill fight each and every waking morning to keep you by my side. I'll I spend the rest of my life proving to you, I my, love. 'I never make you regret your decision to give me a second chance, and I'll spend the rest of my life loving you the way you deserve, Ava." All my doubts flee, as he words embrace me in a bubble of love and warmth.“I love you so much, Rowan,” I whisper against his lips."I love you too, Darling," he whispers right before he captures my lipsa in a sorching kiss.He then proceeds to show me just now much he loves me, giving me no room to thin k about anything except him and his love, all through the night.Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 448-"Gabe. — It’s been roughly two weeks since my first date with Harper, and I'm at a Joss on what the fuck I should do.I know it doesn’t make sense given I had her before and 1 divorced her, but I crave her like I've never craved anyone or anything.She somehow finds her way into every thought I have when I wake up, and before I go to bed. It’s driving me crazy, but Iam also not complaining. like thinking of her, Ilike thinking of her soft lips, her gorgeous smile, her laugh, her beautify] face and luscious body. I fucking like thinking of her. Just her. She’s beautiful both in and out, and I've gotten to know her these past few weeks by silently studying her,Why didn’t I do this when we were married? Why did I push her away? Why did I treat her like shit? I was young, but I can’t use that as an excuse. It’s plainly simple that I was asshole.Looking back, I see it for what it was.I Andrew gave me a gift, but I didn’t treasure it. Instead, I trampled on it with my cruel mistreatment. Sure, he did blackmail me, but I'm also starting to understand why.Their parents had died in an accident.This was about a year or so after Andrew had taken the reigns of the company.The company was in shambles, they were bankrupt and in debt. No one wanted to give a helping hand for fear of losing their own companies. Investing in their company was high risk and no one wanted to take that kind of risk.He was dying. Andrew knew he was dying and that there was barely any hope of him surviving the late-stage cancer. He loved I his sister and thought of protecting her.What better way to make sure she was I taken care of than to marry her into the most affluent family? Ed It hit me one day last week that that was the reason why he blackmailed me into I marrying Harper. It wasn’t done out of malice. Nor was he hoping to gain something from being associated with the Wood family.He just wanted to secure his sister’s future. A sister he loved and knew would have no one when he died.I'always wondered why he approached me specifically. When I couldn’t get the answer, I just assumed it was because he and his sister wanted to use my family name.Now, though, no one has to tell me why he did it. I figured that on my own because I would have done exactly the same thing had I been his shoes. My only regret is that I didn’t figure this out years ago when Harper still wanted me.I see the suspicion in her eyes every time 4 "Ido something nice for her. I see the distrust in those black orbs every time she looks at me. It fucking guts me that I was so cruel to her that she now views me as someone to be doubted.“Boss, the reports are here,” Christopher’s voice pulls me from my thoughts.I swivel in my chair and motion for him to bring them to me. He does.I open them and scan through the pages, word by word, sentence py sentence. ith each and every word I read, mỳ eyes narrow into slits and my lips harden into a thin line."I didn't know it was that bad too," he says once he's done. "I always m thought her only problem is her meanness. She can be a fucking bitch at times.""How the fuck was she still working here?" I growl and throw the papers op my desk atter reading them."How the fuck was she still working here?" I growl and throw the papers op my desk atter reading them.I open them and scan through the pages, word by word, sentence py sentence. ith each and every word I read, mỳ eyes narrow into slits and my lips harden into a thin line.They scatter and Chris rushes to collect them, pushing them back into the file.Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 449-How the hell did we have someone like her working for the company? Her list of wrongdoing keeps rattling in my mind and I can’t stop the anger that begins to simmer inside me.“Get me HR here!” I breathe through clenched teeth. “Ang sent that fucking Woman a dismissal email, I don’t want her in this company. And make sure finance knows that she gets nothing, Not after knowing the despicable ways she has been conducting herself.” “On it, boss.” It doesn’t take long for the HR manager to arrive in my office… And by the time he does, I'm fuming, “I'was told you wanted to see, Mr.Wood,” he eyes keep roaming, avoiding €ye contact with me,“What are we paying you to do?” I ask, my eyes narrowing at him.He was a tall, skinny and balding mann.The suit he was hanging off his shoulder and looked too big for him.I Instead of answering me, the idiot just stares at me as if he doesn’t understand what I am asking, “When I ask a question, I expect a fucking answer,” I thunder. “Now, what are we paying you to do?” He stammers in fear as he lists his responsibilities.“If that’s the case, then how the hell did Milly get hired, given you are supposed to do a thorough screening? And how the fuck did she get away with being a bullying bitch when it was reported that some of the employees complained about her?” I see the moment he realizes just how deep in shit he is in. His eyes widen and he starts to fidget.' “IswearI didn’t know, Mr. Wood: ve never received any complaints” he stammers, as sweat starts to form on his head. Looking at him, I scoff. “You didn’t get any reports about complaints? So, this has nothing to do with the free sex and blow jobs Milly has been giving you, so you can make those complaints disappear?” “Mr. Wood…” “So, apart from neglecting your responsibilities for cheap sex, you are also a liar.” Panic washes over his face, and a sick kind of satisfaction fills me when he starts to tremble in fear.“Please, Mr. Wood,” “Ge oo fi et out, you are fired, Now you can get I hada ind all the free blow jobs you want from Milly, given you've both just lost your I jobs, and you have all the free time.” My lips twist in an evil smirk. “And given what your bitch of a sidepiece did to my wife, it’s only fair I let your wife know just what you've been doing with the I I office slut.” All color drains from his face at the mention of his wife. He didn’t wear a wedding ring, but his file said he had a wife and two kids.Tears start pouring out of his eyes as he begs me to give him a second chance.I look at him in disgust. What a pathetic piece of ass.I'fall on my chair once I'm alone in my office, It disgusts me that theidiot was.cheatinglof his wife, but didn't l do thesame to Harper years ago? In fact, I went to great lengths to make sure she knew of I my infidelities because I wanted to hurt her. His actions disgusted me, but I was just as disgusted with myself as I was with him.I Turning my laptop on, Ilog in to the company's security system, latch her (through the ddtV cameras as she Works on her computer, before writing notes on her notebook.Calling the security guards, Christopher makes sure that he is escorted out of our building.Ex-Husbands Regret Chapter 450-Harper.I am dead tired and so hungry I think I'm going to die. I didn't have breakfast this morning because I woke up late.There has been a discussion on an important business deal, so Gabe has been going to the office earlier than I do. I didn't sleep well at night, so I totally missed my alarm.Lilly has settled at school and even though I still manage to take her once in a while, most of the time her driver is the one that drives her to school. We stillhave dinner together every evening though. And Gabe still makes sure to come home before she goes to bed.As for my relationship with Cabe, let just say it's been a bit strenuous. Don't get me wrong. he hasn't been cruel or anything, instead, he's been the opposite, which does surprise me. It surprises me because it's so unlike him.I keep expecting to see the man I married years to show up, but he's nowhere on the horizon. Hell, I keep expecting to see the man that came to my apartment months ago, guns blazing, and throwing out threats like they were truths, but he's nowhere to be seen.It's fucking confusing. I mean, where did that man go? He was cruel towards me for three straight years. Right up to the day he divorced me. What am I supposed to think? Feel?It's been years since then, people change. That small voice whispers in my head.I really do want to believe that, but can a cheetah change its spots? You see where I am coming from, right? How hard it is for me to just accept that he's changed.Forcing those thoughts away, I stand up when my stomach grumbles for the millionth time. couldn't do anything about the doubts in my head right now, but I could do something about my hunger."Going down for lunch?" Christopher asks when I get out of my office and pass by his desk. "Yes," I smile. "Do you need me to bring anything?""Nah, I'm good. I'll have something delivered for both me and the boss man," he replies and I nod my head before leaving.Christopher takes care of everything for Gabriel. A part from learning, sometimes I wonder why I'm even here in the first place. I was to be his other secretary, but most of the time think I'm Chris's secretary, Maybe I'll talk to Gabriel about it. I don't for one second look down on being a P.A but I just don't see how being a secretary will help me leam to run a company.I already had some new ideas about Unity Ventures that I was dying to implement. Unity Ventures was a real estate company. It was mainly sought after because we were good at buying and selling prime properties. Back then, most properties were managed by our company. It was rare to find a selling property that didn't have our company's name. Since I am an interior designer, my idea was to expand Unity Ventures once I had it. I could incorporate my services and maybe extend it to architectural services and building and construction. That way we would be all rounded. We wouldn't just be involved in selling properties.The ideas I came up with excited me. I blame that same excitement for making me so lost in thought that I failed to notice the screeching woman that was on a direct warpath towards me."You bitch! This is all your fault."I look up startled and taken by surprise to find a very unkempt and distraught Milly glaring at me with bloodshot eyes.Eh, what exactly is my fault?" I ask sizing up her disheveled condition.The put together, holier than thou woman I was used to, was nowhere in sight. She was in a hoody and m sweatpants. Her hair was in a messy bun, and it looked greasy and thin. It also looked like it hadn't been washed or brushed in a long time.Her lips were chapped, and her eyes had bags undemeath them. It's like CO her magic had won off and long gone was the beautiful woman I knew and in her place was the ugly-wicked witch of the east."You got me fired!" she screams, her eyes shooting daggers at me.Huh. So the reports finally came out.