Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0498

"Is the food ready?" I ask our housekeeper once I step into the kitchen.

She answers with a kind smile "Not yet, but it will be in a few."

"Okay, let me set the table then."

She goes to argue, but I shut that argument down quickly. I wanted to help. Since she is cooking, this is the least could do.

*Do you need any help?"

I look up to find Gabriel's mom on the opposite side of the dining table. I place the plate I was holding down and give her a smile.

"Sure, but I am almost done."

She walks towards me and begins helping with the glasses and spoons.

my son been treating you?" she

don't answer immediately. I take some time to just think about her question, not because I don't know what to say, but because

just asking to make conversation; she genuinely wants to know how Gabriel

have taken too long to answer because she stops what she's

business, but given how he treated

and in her eyes. She's

me really well. I am not complaining. Trust me when I say, If he were, I would have left him; everything else be damned."

you leave

I was young, naïve, weak and scared. Being a mother and going through what I went through changed me. When I was away from him, I learned about my self-worth and how

you did an amazing job with Lilly. I see her and I know she's going to go places. Those two, Lilly and Noah, are like our boys. They're going to take the

Gabriel say the same thing about Lilly and Noah too. I believe them because I know my daughter,

"Thank you," I whisper.

marriage to Antony was arranged by

that I didn't know. Whenever I saw them, they always looked so in love. I always thought they married for love, just like my

"I didn't know."