Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband novel Chapter 467

(Winona)

The TV glows in the dim light of the bedroom. Lance appears, sitting in what looks like his hotel room.

He’s bruised from his fight with Jayden—his eye still dark, his knuckles marked. Despite everything, he looks like himself, leaning back in a chair with his usual grin.

Even battered, he exudes that maddening confidence that was so uniquely him.

My heart twists. It’s Lance, exactly as I remember him, but this is the last time I’ll ever see him.

“Winona,” he starts, he looks solemn. “If you are watching this, it means I’m gone...”

Then he bursts out into a laugh, “I’ve always wanted to say that, like in a Bond movie or something…”

Oh god, even now he has to joke about it. I have to grin. So typical Lance.

“Anyhoo… Here I am, in all my battered glory. I just want to add, Jayden did throw the first punch and that is the only reason why he got a hit in. I win the bet again.”

I shake my head. Honestly.

“But I thought I’d leave you a little something since... well, I’m not around to piss you off in person anymore.”

I smile but the tears burn my eyes. I’ll never see him again.

“First off,” he continues, “I’m not sorry for a damn thing. Let’s just get that out of the way.”

I shake my head.

“I know, I know, you’re probably sitting there thinking, ‘What the hell, Lance?’ But come on, Winona. Did you really think I was the kind of guy who’d go out quietly in my sleep at ninety-five, surrounded by cats and grandkids? Hell no. That was never the plan.”

I know he’s right, but it doesn't make him being gone any easier.