Behind My Ex-husband Cold Eyes

ith a quiet unease, as though she were walking on a tightrope, unsure of what lay beneath. She couldn't stop thinking about what he had said- his pl

emptiness that had consumed her for years. How could she trust him again? How coul

or him to be the man he claimed to be now. But that pa

processing the entire situation in her own way. She was always perceptive, always sensitive to the undercurrents of the world around her. T

Ivy finally spoke up, her voice quiet but steady. "Mom

cted the question, and it hit her harder than she anticipat

hand. "I hope he will. But it's not just about hope. It's about whether or not he can show u

re of hope and skepticism. "I just want him to be h

ed for the kind of family they had once dreamed of- a family where her father was

's hand. "I know. And we'll take it one day a

her phone buzzed. She glanced at the screen, seeing a message from an unf

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It's important. Can you mee

ing about wanting to meet again so soon. She had been expecting him to give h

she had already given him a chance to prove h

ng to meet him, and gathered

d in, her eyes scanned the room, finally landing on Sebastian sitting in a corner booth. His posture was tense, his jaw clenched, and for the first time, she noticed the sl

her footsteps slow and deliberate. When he saw her a

his voice low but stead

e seat across from him. "Wh

is is going to sound strange, but I've been trying to make sense of everything. Of what happened with us, with Ivy... I've realized that I wasn't jus

d, though a part of her wanted to guard herself a

?" she aske

mething you don't know. Something I didn't tell you before... becaus

ckened. "What are

a whisper. "I'm not just asking for a second chance with you. I'm ask

ords. "What are you saying?" Her voice trembled sli

t I'm certain of it. I found out a few months ago. I wasn't sure how to approach it,

emotions-confusion, disbelief, anger. How could he have kept t

knew?" Tiana's voice cracked as she

when I saw the results, I-" He broke off, his voice thick with emotion. "I didn't want to intrude on your life

ght of his words sinking in. Ivy, her daughter, was Sebastian's daughter. Her mind raced wi

her voice raw. "Why now? Why did

you would hate me. Afraid that you wouldn't believe me. But I can't live with

question. Ivy's father had been hiding the truth from her for years, and now he wanted to be part of her life. The sting of betrayal burned deep with

right now. But you can't just waltz back in like nothing happened. This... this is

and. And I'm willing to do whatever i

he clasped them together. "Then we'll take it one step

er. Things were about to change- there was no doubt about that. And though the future was u

as something he hadn't told her, something lurking beneath the surface of their broken marriage. But this- this was beyond anything she

rged within her threatened to spill over, but she swallowed it down, trying to regain some semblance of con

ice shaky. "Why didn't you tell me when

stayed away, if I didn't complicate things. I know it sounds stupid now, but at the time, I thought if I kept my distance, you and I

usion. And yet, beneath it all, there was something else, something she couldn't quite place. A flicker of hope, perhaps, or maybe j

to take in. You kept something so important from me. All these years, I've

of you. But please, understand that I'm not the same man I was when we were together. I know I've made mistakes, but I want to make

, but something in Sebastian's voice, in the desperation that tinged his words, made her wonder. He wasn't the man she had married- the cold, distant billionaire who had shut her out at every tu

if I can ever forget how much you hurt me. But what I do know is that Ivy deserves the truth. And if you're really

th resolve. "I know. And I will. I'll p

first time in a long while, she felt something stir within her- a glimmer of hope, however faint. Maybe it wasn't too late for them

but guarded. "But don't think this is going to be

at the corners of his lips. "I understand. And

herself busy, and spent time with Ivy, making sure her daughter didn't sense the storm brewing inside her. But there were moments when the weight of it a

One evening, as they sat on the couch together, Ivy looked up

id softly, "a

. She smiled faintly, brushing a lock of hair from Ivy's fa

n arm around her, feeling the weight of her child's unconditional love. It was in moments like this that she realized how much she had missed when she w

ing her that he was there when she was ready. And so, eventually, she agreed to meet him again. This time, she asked Ivy to come along. If they were going to mov

eyes scanning the room until they landed on them. He looked almost nervous, his usual confident demeanor replaced by a trace of uncer

n't had much time to talk, but I want you to know that I'm here no

ure of how Ivy would respond. She had never asked for this-never asked for Sebastian to come back into their li

dy. "I don't know you," she said simply. "But if you're really my dad

ened, and he nodded solemnl

be it was possible to heal, to forgive. Maybe they could rebuild what they had lost-one step at a time. But it was

tian said, standing up again, his voice t

where this new path would lead. They had all been broken in differen