I Walked Away From His Regret Chapter 03

I Walked Away From His Regret Chapter 03

Edward stood in front of me now, his lips pressed into that same straight line.

His brow furrowed faintly, and he repeated, staring at me. “I never meant for us to get divorced.”

I looked out the window and said nothing.

He furrowed his brow.

The ride home was silent the whole way.

After we got inside, Edward took off his coat, and I suddenly froze.

He followed my gaze to his shirt sleeve.

A streak of lipstick.

He froze too.

“This was an accident…”

I looked away quickly and turned to walk further inside.

He grabbed me, his grip on my arm tight.

“I really didn’t notice this lipstick mark. It brushed on me by accident.”

I paused, nodded, and pulled away from him. “I believe you.”

His hand hung in midair, then slowly curled into a fist.

I went upstairs to wash up, then crawled into bed and scrolled through my phone.

A moment later, Edward walked over and sat down on his side of the bed. He looked down at me.

He reached out and touched the ends of my hair.

I flinched away the second his hand made contact.

His hand stopped there, awkwardly.

I shifted to cover it up. “It tickled.”

After a long silence, he hummed and pulled his hand back.

A moment later, he added, “I’m staying these days, I don’t have any plans in the evenings.”

I still kept scrolling my phone, and nodded absently.

After Queenie came back, I was overly sensitive for a while. I always asked him where he was going and who he was with.

Once he snapped back at me, fed up. “If I really wanted something with Queenie, what good would it do you to know where I go and what I do every day!”

I froze in place, like someone had slapped me across the face. My cheeks burned hot, and my mind went completely blank.

I never asked again after that.

When he didn’t get a response from me, Edward sat motionless staring at me for a long time.

Only when I looked up, raised an eyebrow at him, and gave him a “what?” expression did he move his heavy gaze away and turn off the light. “Go to sleep.”

The room went dark, but I could feel his eyes still fixed on my back.

I shrank further under the covers and squeezed my eyes shut.