My Husband Chose His Ex I Became His Regret novel Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Lila

I used to think fear announced itself loudly, screaming, shaking, collapse.

I was mistaken.

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The calm I experienced when entering the conference lounge was fear. I felt my back bone was straight; my heart was in such a tight cage it was barely beating.

Mark Knight was already sitted.

He hadn’t changed much.

Same custom made arrogance; same expensive watch he checked as if time owed him respect. When I walked into the room, he did not stand and did not acknowledge me with a smile; just leaned back in his chair like the king that he thought he was, waiting for his servant to kneel.

“Sit down,” he commanded.

The way he spoke to me scraped an exposed nerve.

I didn’t sit.

Mark locked eyes with me; he had never looked at me like this before. Instead of giving me the dismissive glance that he perfected over the years, he gazed at me with a calculated assessment, he was like a predator taking stock of its potential prey.

“You are late,” he accused.

“I am not late,” I responded coolly, to my own surprise.

His lips curled up into a smirk… “You are. Storm rubbing off on you already?”

I intentionally took my time with taking the seat that was across the table from him.

“You requested my presence,” I said, “you have five minutes.”

He laughed condescendingly. “Little Lila is growing wings.”

Mimicking the mannerisms Aidan had taught me, I placed my hands in an open, grounded fashion on the table; I am indifferent to fear.

“Seems your arrogance still hasn’t left, same old, poor Mark,” I replied to him.

His expression turned dark.

“Don’t think that you are suddenly powerful, Lila,” he said in a bored tone, “You are still exactly who you were; you have just borrowed someone else’s light.”

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“I borrowed nothing,” I replied.”I rebuilt myself without you.”

He clenched his teeth. “You truly believe you’re free?”

I looked him in the eyes. “I am.”

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He moved closer to me. “You forget something. I am bigger than Aidan or whatever thing Storm Industries think it is.”

Keep playing in Storm Industries but just know, the sudden way you climbed the ladder is the same way I’ll bring you down.”

“There it is, there is your threat,” I said calmly.

“You never speak unless you feel like you’re holding a leash,” I replied.

His smile started to grow back… slowly and dangerously. “I will end you.”

The walls of the room closed in around me.

“I can end Storm with one call,” he continued. “One investigation. One rumor and you will be right back where you belong.”

Back where I belonged..

I felt the familiar fear crawling back into my stomach slowly and quietly. My fingers shook as I rested them on the table.

Mark saw this and smiled even wider.

“I wish you would have listened,” he said. “Then, I would have at least shown mercy.”

The door opened.

The shift in the atmosphere was immediate.

Aidan entered the room with the weight of the world on his shoulders.

He did not rush into the room or talk, but just took in the atmosphere: the tension in the room, Mark’s posture, the way my shoulders were squared like armor.

“Hello Aidan,” Mark said while getting off the couch. “Thanks for coming.”

Aidan looked at me first.

“Are you all right?” he asked quietly.

I nodded once.

That was all he needed to see.

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“Meeting’s over,” Aidan said, pulling out the chair beside mine and sitting. “Anything you have to say can be

said with counsel present.”

Mark laughed loudly. “Do you think you scare me?”

Aidan leaned back, relaxed. “No, I don’t. You’re already scared.”

He looked at Mark as though Mark was a problem that had already been resolved.

“You are threatening my partner,” Aidan continued, “and that is a mistake.”

The word “partner” settled for me like warmth.

Mark narrowed his eyes. “You overestimate your reach, you’re nothing but a church rat.”

Aidan smiled, though his smile was not pleasant.

“Am I?” Aidan replied calmly. “If you look at your phone, you’ll know I am not.”

Mark would not check his phone at first; then he did.

The colour drained from his face.

I did not see what was shown to him, but whatever it was, it annoyed him.

Aidan continued and came closer to Mark. “She is no longer afraid of you,” he said. “And you do not scare me

at all.”

Mark turned to me, furious and hurt.

“This will not end here,” he said. “I will destroy you both.”

Aidan stood up. “You can try.”

Mark stormed out of the room.

When the door closed, my legs gave way, and Aidan caught me before I fell.

The room began to spin, and I lost my breath, as my fear had finally been released from the confines of my body.

“He meant what he said,” I said in a whisper. “He will hurt us.”

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