A Divorce He Regrets

Chapter 193:

Adelaide didn’t answer. Her lips pressed into a thin, defiant line.

I thought Nathan had just used Adelaide, but I should have known that this audacious woman had her own personal agenda.

“Tell me,” I demanded, my voice rising slightly. “What makes you think an outsider like you would ever inherit anything from this family, while the biological children of the family are alive and well? The Grahams have always taken care of their own. How did you come up with this ridiculous idea?”

Her face twisted further, and for a moment, I thought she might lunge at me. But the officers pulled her back before she could do anything.

“You think you’re so special, don’t you?” she hissed, her voice lower now, but still filled with venom. “Just because you share the Graham name. But you’re no better than me, Raina. You were gone for years, living your own life, while I was here, running everything. I deserved it. Not you.”

I shook my head, a hollow laugh escaping my lips. “Deserved it? You think you deserved it?” I repeated, each word dripping with disbelief. Her eyes darted between me, Alex, and Dominic, who had stepped into the doorway. There was no remorse in her gaze, no regret. Only bitterness and hatred.

“You’re pathetic,” I said softly, my voice steady now. “You let your greed and jealousy consume you, and for what? To poison the very family that took you in? That trusted you?”

Adelaide’s glare didn’t waver, but the officers began pulling her toward the door again.

As she was dragged out, her shouts continued, echoing down the hall. “You’ll regret this, Raina! You’ll all regret this!”

I stood there for a moment, letting the silence that followed her departure wash over me. My chest heaved as I tried to calm my racing heart.

Alex’s hand slid to my shoulder, his touch grounding me. “It’s over,” he said quietly, his voice a low rumble in my ear.

But as I stared at the empty doorway, my hands clenched into fists at my sides. I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was far from the end.

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ALEXANDER

For the first time in years, life felt… settled. A little over three weeks had passed since Raina told me we didn’t need to go ahead with the case. Her words still echoed in my mind, replaying over and over like a melody I couldn’t get out of my head. Each passing day chipped away at the wall she’d built between us, a wall I was determined to tear down, brick by brick.

If I could just keep it together, keep showing her that I’d changed, maybe—just maybe—she might start liking me again.

“Alex, are you even listening?” Her voice cut through my thoughts, sharp but not unkind.

I blinked, turning to look at her. She was sitting across from me, her head tilted slightly, a soft smirk playing on her lips. “Sorry, what?”noveldrama

“I said,” she repeated, rolling her eyes, “you’ve been staring at your coffee for the past two minutes like it’s about to tell you the meaning of life. Everything okay?”

I chuckled, running a hand through my hair. “Yeah, just thinking.”

“About?” She raised an eyebrow, her curiosity evident.

“You,” I admitted before I could stop myself. When her expression faltered slightly, I quickly added, “And the kids. The way things are starting to feel… normal again.”

Her lips pressed into a line, but she didn’t say anything. Instead, she looked down at her plate, pushing her salad around with her fork.

Our days had fallen into an easy rhythm—something I hadn’t realized I missed so much. Every morning, I showed up to drive her to work. She had her own car, Dominic, or even a driver to rely on, but she never complained when I insisted. Never told me to stop. And I wasn’t going to. It was my way of being there for her, even in the small, mundane moments.

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