Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0509

Harper.

"I honestly don't know why you wanted us to come here," I grumble as I rub my hands together to generate some warmth.

"Is it wrong that I want to take a walk with my wife through the park?" Gabriel asks, amusement coloring his features. My grumpiness doesn't do anything to diminish the shine in his eyes. In fact, it looks like he finds it cute.

*During work hours?" I ask skeptically, my eyes surveying the park we were in. Given the cold weather, we were among the few who were here.

*I am the boss, Harper, and you are my wife. We can do whatever the fuck we want," he says, grabbing my hand and holding it tightly in his. "If anyone has a problem with it, then they can go fuck themselves."

Despite the chill in the air and the fact that I don't want to be here, I smile. Using my hair to hide it.

Gabriel has surprised me over and over again with his care, love, and attentiveness. If I am being honest, I never thought that I'd ever be this happy with him. He has surprised me at every turn.

*It's still not a good habit," I tell him, looking up at his six-feet-two frame.

knew. He was no longer cold and detached. His smiles and laughs now come easily, and they warm my heart. Sure, at work he still maintains his aloof persona, but when Lilly and I

I was sixteen. It got worse after Ashley broke my heart. I lived and breathed the company. Our family's legacy." He pauses, his thumb drawing traces on my palm. "Now, I have you and Lilly, and you take precedence over everything, including the company. If I want to take you out for a stroll, then that's what I'll do. I deserve to

that? How am I even supposed to respond to that heartwarming

all my inhibitions fall away, and

I felt that there is more could learn from

just jump head first. I needed to plan. I needed to

from that, before I can even launch the ideas I had, I needed to do interviews and hire new staff. Like I said before, Unity Ventures was solely focused on buying

before that

boyish grin and excitement on his face. He had

I hated the cold. In fact, I prefer scorching heat to cold weather. I don't understand how some people prefer winter,

weather, he somehow managed to convince me... so here we were. Walking hand in hand in this chilly weather, yet he didn't seem

here one of these days," he tells me,

relaxing. I feel myself melt into his arms as I relax. There is just something about being in nature. It

out while smiling at a cute Chihuahua dressed in a pink skirt. We had not yet moved to our new home.

school break. She's been begging me to let her tag along one day," he says with such a bright smile on his face that it shows his happiness. His pride in our daughter radiates

him in wonder. It's like he has hypnotized me. All I can