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.

had a crush on him for

able to marry him already satisfied

felt that he had an

lemon for Ms. Jessica." Brenda's mumbling beside me pulled

became blurred and my heart seemed to be squeezed by an invisible hand, which

worried about her that he forgot to determine the temperature of the drink in her

a deep breath, walked slowly down the stairs, and looked at them with a meaningful smile. "Honey, the drink that Brenda prepared for Jessica was water with lemon. It's

to hold back

and turned to Jessica. "Why did gasp when you spilled cold water on your hand? Don't

the table, picked up

"This is back where

the gift box, opened it, and then dug my

of feelings

the woman in the

I raised my head again, I hid all my emotions. I

I was forcing Ryan to bring the necklace back. The necklace was now in

he was trying to hide something in his eyes. He then reached out and

anyway. I'll just get another present for you." "Okay."

a moment there, I couldn't tell why Jessica was here

the necklace,

face, but it

between the two of you. Looks like it hasn't.

the one who

door closed, I broke free from Ryan's arms. "I thought you said you bought the necklace for Tom? Moreover, isn't Jessica married? Since when did she become

without reason and

feel like

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 was taken aback. I finally understood

still a little suspicious. "Is that

and explained, "You should know that her mother got into that accident because

had heard Brenda talk about

mother died giving birth to him. When he was five, his father, John Frost, married another woman. She was Jessica's

but treated Ryan as if he

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

the reason, then I