Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0487

"Hi, Calvin," her cheery voice pulls me from my thoughts.

I smile and stand up. I give her a hug and then peck her rosy cheeks.

I met Kinley by chance at a convention building and construction convention. She's an architect. We just clicked in a way I never saw coming. Her witty and charming ways drew me in the moment she sat down beside me.

She was bold when she asked for my number after the convention was over. I was still trying to heal from cutting off Emma from my life, but for some reason I ended up typing in my number on her phone.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting," she says in a sweet voice while I pull out the chair for her.

I smile before taking my own seat, "Not at all,"

how is Gunner?" she asks, leaning forward, adoration in her gaze. "I miss him

that would always put a smile on my face. Our chats

of just a few days a week. Then we graduated to calls... and before I knew it, we

easy being around her. I felt free. I felt like I could be myself around her. In her presence, I felt at peace. I didn't have to worry about whether she was thinking

her, I didn't have to think about my pain or

time, I could see myself loving Kinley. She was warm and the

us had broached the subject, but there was something that drew me to her. Sometimes I think she wants more... And there are times I think I want more, but I hold

*Calvin?"

distracted today," I mumble before pulling myself together. "Gunner is doing great. He was

immediately took to each other like fish