Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M novel Chapter 475

“Come in,” he finally answers, just when I was about to give up and assume he's still asleep.

Opening the door, I enter. I find him seated on his bed. When he sees me, he moves down, sitting on the edge. I close the door and cross the floor to where he is.

“How was girl’s day out?” he asks, his voice a bit thick with sleep.

“Enlightening.”

“How?”

“Can I ask you something? And promise to be honest about it.”

He turns fully to me, now fully awake. His eyes roam over my face as if he’s trying to figure out what I’m about to ask. After a minute, he nods his head.

“I realized that Andrew must have blackmailed you into marrying me the first time. Given your heartbreak, you wouldn’t jump willingly into marriage, especially with a girl you barely knew. Could you please tell me what he had on you?”

I could tell that he really didn’t want to, but I needed the answers. I needed to know how Andrew was able to secure a marriage between us.

“Harper…”

“Please?”

“Rowan got worse after he got married to Ava. He wasn’t doing well and Andrew got evidence that Rowan was drinking and doing drugs. He threatened to expose that evidence to the media. With a scandal like that, it would have ruined the company and Rowan’s image. So, I agreed because I didn’t want Rowan’s image to be ruined. He was supposed to step in as the C.E.O with me as his VP.”

I knew it. I just knew that Gabriel wouldn’t have married me willingly. I guess living in a fantasy world, believing that he felt something for me was easier to believe than the alternative.

He pulls me up and guides me down so that I’m sitting on his lap.

“I hated your brother for that, but I later realized why he did it. He didn’t want you to be alone. I’ve come to the realization that he gave me a gift. I almost realized it too late, but better late than never. I want you, Harper. I need you like the very air I breathe, and I’ll spend the rest of my life showing you that you own my heart. I’ll spend the rest of my life atoning for the shit I put you through.”

“It slipped my mind!” he grumbles, trying to defend himself. “It’s not my fucking fault that I get distracted when you are around me. I barely think of anything important.”

“I need to find a dress,” I jump from his lap, ready to rush into my bedroom to see what’s there to wear. If I don’t find anything, I’ll have to go shopping tomorrow morning. It’ll be Sunday, but I’m sure a store or two will be open.

“One last thing.”

I stop with my hand on the door handle.

“What?”

“You are sleeping here tonight and every night.” He informs me, as his eyes bore into mine. “I got used to having you in my bed the entire night while we were in Tokyo. I’m not going another night without you in my arms.”

I don’t reply as I open the door and leave, but I can’t stop the smile that takes over my lips.