Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

'Jewelry?' I wondered.

I furrowed my brows slightly and raised my voice to ask Ryan, who had just gone into the bathroom, "Ryan, Jessica's here. I'll head down to take a look."

The next second, Ryan quickly walked out of the bathroom. His face was colder than ever. It was an expression that I had never seen.

"I'll go. It's none of your business, go wash up."

The man who had always been calm in front of me suddenly had a trace of emotion in his voice. He sounded annoyed and nervous at the same time.

A strange feeling arose in my heart. "I've already washed up. I was the one who squeezed the toothpaste on your toothbrush, have you forgotten?" "Alright, let's head downstairs together then. We can't keep the guest waiting."

I held his hand and walked down the stairs.

The staircase was in a spiral. When we were halfway down, I could see Jessica wearing a white dress and sitting elegantly on the sofa.

She also raised her head when she heard us coming down the stairs. When she saw mine and Ryan's hands, her hand trembled a little and she spilled some of the drink that she was drinking. "Ouch!" Jessica gasped due to how hot the drink was.

Ryan quickly released my hand and rushed down the stairs in a panic. He then took the cup from Jessica's hand. "I can't believe how stupid you are. Can't you even hold a cup properly?"

His voice was sharp and cold, but he still grabbed Jessica's hand and headed towards the sink to rinse the burn with cold water.

Jessica felt helpless and wanted to pull her hand back. "I'm fine. There's no need to make a fuss."

"Shut your mouth. Don't you know that a burn can still leave a scar if not treated properly?" Ryan scolded coldly but still wasn't letting go of Jessica's hand.

I stood on the stairs and looked at what was happening in a daze.

Memories came flooding back into my mind.

After we just got married, I found out that Ryan had a bad stomach, so I began learning how to cook.

We had Brenda in the house, but her cooking didn't suit his taste.

As a beginner, I would occasionally cut myself or burn myself.

One time, I accidentally knocked a pan over and the oil on it splashed onto my stomach. The oil stained my clothes and burned me quite badly.

When Ryan heard the noise, he just walked over and asked me as gently as ever, "Are you alright? You go take care of yourself and leave the rest to me." He was kind and caring, but also indifferent.

something wasn't right, but I've had a crush on him for many years. Most of my diary was

marry him

I just felt that he had an indifferent attitude towards

thought I prepared some water with lemon for Ms. Jessica." Brenda's mumbling

and my heart seemed to be squeezed by an invisible hand, which caused me to

worried about her that he forgot to

at them with a meaningful smile. "Honey, the drink that Brenda prepared for Jessica was water with lemon. It's a cold drink. She can't get burned. If you

back the sarcasm but

"Why did gasp when you spilled cold water on your hand? Don't you think you're overreacting?" Jessica glanced at Ryan and then looked at me with a

walked to the table, picked up

smiled gently. "This is back

and then

mixture of feelings arose in

the woman in the

again, I hid all my emotions. I wanted to smile,

night, I was forcing Ryan to bring the necklace back. The necklace was

I saw that he was trying to hide something in his eyes. He then reached out and pulled me into

just give it to anyone you want. It's not expensive anyway. I'll just get another present for you." "Okay." I pursed my lips and decided

there, I couldn't tell why Jessica

she really shouldn't keep the necklace, or was

expression appeared on Jessica's face, but it was

that this necklace would cause a misunderstanding between the

was the one who saw

free from Ryan's arms. "I thought you said you bought the necklace for Tom? Moreover, isn't

without reason

domineering actions made me feel like he

finding it difficult to breathe, he let go of me a little and caressed my head. "I lied." He pulled me into his arms. "She's divorced. I didn't want her to be too upset, so I got this present for her." I

pursed my lips, but was still a little suspicious. "Is that

that her mother got into

heard Brenda talk about

he was five, his father, John Frost, married another woman. She was Jessica's mother,

stepmother, but treated Ryan as if he

willing to sacrifice herself to save Ryan when the latter was in danger. This caused her

that was the reason, then