Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Gabe.

"Mom!" I yelled and rushed to her.

She was lying motionlessly on the floor. No one had to tell me that it was the shock of seeing Lilly that caused her to faint. Just like with me, she only had to take one look at those grey eyes to know Lilly was a Wood.

I gently slap her cheek, but it does nothing to wake her up. Sliding one hand under her shoulders, and the other one under her knees, I lifted her into my hands and carried her to the nearest sofa. "Dad! Rowan!" I shouted for them, afraid to leave my mother alone.

"Is she okay?" Lilly asks in a small and vulnerable voice. "Did I do something wrong? Is she unconscious because of me?"

The tears swimming in her eyes were my undoing. In such a short time, she had become embedded in the very fiber of my being. Seeing her crying hurt me. I honestly don't fucking think I've ever loved someone as much as I loved Lilly. Even my own twin couldn't compete in my heart with her.

Before I could answer, Harper stepped in.

"No, darling" she answered as she placed a wet towel on my mom's forehead. I had not even realized that she had gotten one.

"Then why did she faint after seeing me?" Lilly demanded; her eyes firmly fixed on her grandmother.

"It's just a shock", Harper pulled our daughter into her arms. "Remember how I told you Gabriel didn't know about you? His family also didn't know. She was just shocked to see you, baby. You did nothing wrong."

I pulled her from Harper's arms and into mine, before kissing her forehead. "Your mother is right. You did nothing wrong. Seeing you just came as a surprise to your grandmother."

here?" My dad's booming voice made Lilly

weird seeing this. It's like the confident girl I was used to just disappeared into thin air.

the hell is going on here?" he

doesn't seem to have seen Lilly, because his whole focus is on my mother. He ran his finger gently down her cheek, calling her

Rowan. His gaze holds questions, but I am not in the fucking mood to answer him yet. Not when Lilly was scared out of her mind and Harper

eyes," my dad begged, in a

my mother's eyes snap opened. Shooting up

Why am I on

be in the kitchen" she began while looking at my dad. She then shook her head as if to clear it "I had

my mouth shut to stop myself from laughing. It's

time to come

but thank fuck she didn't

and exhales. "Or maybe it still is. That would explain why she looks like a

body to look

his face. His eyes widened in the same way mom's did. They then shifted from Lilly to me and then back.

some explaining to do" he all but growled

And don't blame mom. Dad said she had her reasons." Rowan and I stared at Lilly in surprise. Actually, we all do. Way to throw her own mother under the

to meet her cousins, Rowan?" I asked,

to explain things to

as Lilly