My Ex-Husband's Regret

one. Good thing

uch thought, but the next second, my bo

und asleep, looking utterly unguarded and ridiculous. Landon Stephens, ou

ach sank. That woman... wasn't that me? From a f

Curtis was cheating on me, h

ness dinners; it's perfectly normal," he sneered. "Lucia is my boss! What

ping for air. I'd always had a tendency to hyperventil

ossed over the other, lighting a cigarette as if

Let's not ruin what little dignity we've got left, huh? Do you think it's easy for a

th mockery-made me feel physically

g of which, I've been meaning to ask-how do you plan to manage if we have

ed past me without waiting for a respo

the floor, my min

ege sweethearts-the kind o

studies or his relationship with me. He remembered every littl

w lucky I was to have

we tied the knot a

both sets of parents, we managed to buy a cozy two-bedroom apartment,

we worked

eutical research-and even held s

th sets of parents had been urging us to have kids, and Connor had bomb

'd recently made a significant breakthrough on a project together, b

"We're a team, aren't we? Any

d mother-in-law wore me down. Deep down, I'd always lo

is eyes brimming with emotion. It was one of those rar

man's love would fade. Over the three years we'd been

w found myself doing all the heavy l

other could fall out of love. I couldn't imagine that someone I

just going through a rough patch at work. I

wasn't change. It was

m my best friend,

re on the street. The scene was so dramatic, it felt straight out of a la

he was too drained and stressed every night, appar

that might prove it wasn't him. But reality was cruel. After two years of dating

as h

en, pausing the video on a particularly gut-wrenching

y calm and think through my options-dividing assets,

nk about were m

mforting warmth of a hot coffee in m

me one day I'd be riding in a convertible,

ose, transforming from awkward college stude

her woman in public like non

fore I could even process the pai

ed gently. "Take him to court. If he's heartle

s, I might have been able to

entire youth, my best

it from him,"

ead was a slap

sting of his slap seemed to jolt me

ut of love. If he had just said he no longer

was a line he had

scoffed at the sight of me shoving clothes into a bag. Without so much as a questi

ver my shoulder and walked toward

everage. You walk out that door, a

You're a jobless, pregnant divorcée-who's going to want yo

mpt gave me a sudd

hid it behind my back. Marching up to the bed, I

stared at him, realizing how utterly

Anger could sometimes bring out unexpected s

nd raised his hand to hit me back,

scared of me showing this video to your entire office-if you're not terrified o

y. For a long moment, he just glared at me,

coldly. "And you l

rned on my heel

eep it together as we made our way to her car. Once

the tension-when I looked down and realized I was still clu

I couldn't hold it in any