Ten Years of Regret Chapter 09

Ten Years of Regret Chapter 09

I smiled at him. “You think I’m supposed to be touched?”

“Sorry, I’m just disgusted. You could’ve made it up to her a thousand different ways, but you chose to run me

over instead.”

“We’re done. And I won’t ever forgive you.”

I pulled out our divorce decree.

His eyes went wide in disbelief.

Three days after the press conference, his parents had come to see me. They called me a manipulative, evil

woman.

Then used their connections to end our marriage.

He must have realized it too. He slumped against the doorframe. “So you’re never coming back.”

“No.”

The day I left, I didn’t tell anyone.

But right as I was about to board, I saw Ivy Dawson lunging straight at me.

“You bitch!”

She had a hunting knife in her hand, blade shining.

She screamed that I’d stolen Chase from her.

That even after I was gone, he still wouldn’t take her back.

I couldn’t dodge in time.

At the last second, I was pulled into a familiar embrace.

The knife buried itself in Chase’s stomach. Blood soaked through his white shirt in seconds.

Airport security tackled Ivy. People called 911.

I watched him collapse in front of me, and

ing announcement came o

as white as paper.

too hard, tear

but calm.

et, but he grabbed my wrist.

tay. Please…”

ood poured faster.

I didn’t love him anymore. But I didn’t want his death on my conscience.

I unwound the hand-knit charcoal scarf from his neck and pressed it against the wound.

Then, I pried his fingers off me one by one. “Chase, this is just exhausting.”

I handed him over to the airport staff and walked away.

Didn’t look back.