Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

Chapter 235

I didn't hear everything clearly, but I understood clearly what he was trying to express.

A part of me that had been calm for a long time almost collapsed again.

Nails scraped across the palm.

A subtle pain awakened a hint of rationality. "Is it dry now?"

Ryan seriously ran his fingers through my hair a few times. "Yeah, it's almost done."

The sound of the hairdryer disappeared, leaving the room quiet.

I nodded. "Okay... thank you."

Suddenly, he hugged me from behind, his lips against my ear,

cautiously and ambiguously probing, "Did you hear what I said, even a little?"

A-proud man like him might have been apologizing like this for the first

time.

Different from the casually insincere "I'm sorry" in the past, this time, he had truly let go of his dignity.

I wanted to surrender at this moment, but I was too afraid, afraid of repeating the same mistakes, afraid of being like a moth to a flame.

Suppressing the bitterness in my heart, prompted by reason, I said, "I heard. But, Ryan, some choices once made cannot be undone. Once you shoot the arrow, there's no turning back."

but now, I want to love

innate pride of a man seemed to be

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his Adam's apple bobbing up and down, his voice hoarse to

turned to look at him. "Thank you.

made me feel guilty. "Then

want to cook you a meal, as

"Fine, go ahead!"

the bathroom, burying myself in work, trying to distract myself. When Ryan came out to cook, he glanced

"Yeah."

or later, there was no need to hide it.

to sell the house. The agent said that every time someone viewed it, they would

up."

made

and layout, hadn't been lived in for long, and I had taken

be

nose and looked away. "Since that's the case, why

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return the money I transferred

truthfully. "And Jane is looking for investors. If we can find one, that would work too." "Okay," he responded thoughtfully, turned around, picked up a bag of fresh meat and eggs from the dining table, and went into the

cook.

influence, he indeed had good