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 going to

didn't look back at his expression and left

at 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

to wait a long time even for an Uber. The crowd was thick, with many young couples along the roadside, suddenly kissing as they walked and

Frank had given, I realized that the neighborhood was the same one where he had given

got out of the car and sent him a

the

6, Unit 1, 5th

Same building, same unit.

If it weren't for the one-unit-per-floor arrangement, it would probably

put away my phone and easily found the door, then

the door was pulled. open from the inside, accompanied by a lazy voice. "Who's

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

our

said your leg was hurting and asked

me with cocked

and smiled.

I turned

firmly, using a bit of force to pull

foyer, I steadied myself. "Didn't you say you didn't

eyes were unfathomable as he said coldly, "It suddenly started hurting again,

to a pair of house slippers on the floor.

"They're Alana's."

shoe cabinet, retrieving a new pair of slippers from the top shelf.

Frank said with a smile. "I heard you went to a couples' restaurant with Ryan for Valentine's