Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M novel Chapter 497

“Why did I let you two talk me into staying?” I ask in frustration while glaring at Gabriel and Lilly. “Now we are late.”

The two didn’t look apologetic at all. Lilly was smiling, her eyes shining in happiness, while Gabriel was grinning. They both look satisfied with themselves.

I sigh in defeat, wondering what I’ll do with these two. I can clearly see it. The father-daughter duo will always work together to overwhelm me. They’ll always gang up on me.

I mock-glare at Lilly. “Where’s the loyalty?”

“You have to admit that it was fun, right?” She says instead, placing her hand on both mine and Gabriel’s seat.

She’s so happy. In fact, she’s been a lot happier since we came back here. Sure, we used to be happy, but not this happy.

Lilly had a relationship with Liam, but it was nothing like what she has with Gabriel. Maybe it’s because he is her real father. Maybe it’s because they have a lot in common. I don’t really know. All I know is that their relationship just flows easily, unlike what she had with Liam.

It’s hard to explain honestly, but I am so happy to see this free with Gabriel. She hasn’t forgotten Liam, though. She has his picture on her bedside table, and I once found her talking to him. It broke and mended my heart at the same time when I heard her telling him that she missed him, but he shouldn’t worry about us because we were happy. I went back to our room and cried for like an hour.

She was right, though. We were happy, but most importantly, she was happy. Lilly is coming out of her bubble shell, and it’s beautiful to watch.

“Mom?”

I twist and look at her. “You are right, it was fun.”

Gabriel and Lilly had convinced me to stay and have lunch in celebration. We were celebrating that I had agreed to make the house our home.

It had been fun to order food and eat it on the floor in an empty house without a single piece of furniture. I think it will be one of my treasured memories. Gabriel had not minded sitting down on the floor with his expensive clothes when Lilly suggested that we should have lunch there.

After that, we spent the rest of the time exploring the estate. Lying on the grass and just basking in the sun. Playing hide and seek with Lilly. It was fun, and, at that moment, I completely forgot about the dinner.

“This is so bad,” I murmur, pulling myself from the memories. “What is your mom going to think of me? I am the host, yet we are late.”

“Stop worrying,” he assures me, a smile still firmly in place. “She isn’t going to think anything except that we all look happy.”

I want to believe him, but I can’t. The worry is still there. Still nagging at me. We’ve met twice with his parents, but we didn’t spend that much time with them. This dinner is supposed to be intimate, and I didn’t want to give her a bad impression of me.

Thirty minutes later, we were pulling into the building. Gabriel parks the car, and the three of us get out. We ride the elevator up all the while, I am praying that they haven’t arrived, given that we were minutes late.

“I’m not even decently dressed for diner,” I murmur, my heart pounding so hard that I’m sure the whole damn building can probably hear it.

“Harper, you are worrying too much,” Gabriel tells me, his hand on the door handle. “Just relax. Everything is going to be okay.”

The moment he opens the door, I dash to our bedroom to change into something more suitable. It isn’t a formal dinner, so I settle for a pair of loose-fitting jeans and a camisole.

I finish and get out of our bedroom just as I hear the door open. I take a deep breath and calm down before heading towards the living room.

I reach there in time to see Gabriel hugging his mom.