Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

Chapter 401

Upon hearing this, Ryan seemed somewhat stunned and disheartened.

After a moment, he looked at me in surprise. "You're no even going to lie?"

"You rarely lied in the past as well," I smiled and answered calmly. I had heard too much before. He had never been one to deign to deceive.

"She ran away from home. I need to go find her."

"She's divorced. I'm afraid she might do something rash."

"She got into a car accident. I can't be at ease if I don't check on her."

Later on, he didn't even need to give a reason-he would just say, "I need to see her."

It was always, his sister. He couldn't ignore her.

It seemed that as long as there was that one layer of relationship, any little bit of my complaints would be seen as petty, and obstructing him would be almost like committing a crime.

It was quite ironic. It seemed to match the saying of "What goes around comes around."

Ryan probably never imagined that such a day would come.

He loosened his grip on his cutlery, which clattered onto the plate with a crisp sound, starkly noticeable in the otherwise serenely musical.

restaurant.

He rarely lost his composure, his voice rough as he asked, "Do you really have to go?"

1 picked up my bag, stood up, and said, "This is you being unreasonable. I never stopped you when you wanted to leave before.

Besides, I'm single now."

this upon himself, I wasn't

back at his expression and

the nursing home. With the holiday traffic outside, it was a mess. If I went back to get the car and then went to Frank's place, it would take an extra two or three hours. I decided to go directly to

a long time even for an Uber. The crowd was thick, with many young couples along the roadside, suddenly kissing as they walked and then gazing at each other with silly smiles. Youth was so

that the neighborhood

of the car and sent him a

the

"Building 6, Unit 1,

Same building, same unit.

below. If it weren't for the one-unit-per-floor arrangement, it would probably be right across

phone and easily

was pulled. open from

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owner of the voice was lounging in a wheelchair, his sharp and stern face

our

ignorance, I cooperated and said, "Alana said your leg was hurting and asked me to

with cocked brows."

nodded and smiled. "Then I'll

I

grabbed my wrist firmly, using a bit of force to pull me

myself. "Didn't you say you didn't need

as he said coldly, "It suddenly started hurting again, and now your help is needed. Is there

all." I smiled and nodded, pointing to a pair of house slippers on

"They're Alana's."

opened the shoe cabinet, retrieving a new pair of slippers from

was changing shoes when Frank said with a smile. "I heard you went to a couples' restaurant with Ryan