Ex-Husband's Regret

"No!" I blurt the word, shocking even myself with the ferocity behind it.

He stares at me with an unnamed emotion. Within seconds, his face is blank, and a certain coldness takes its place.

I swallow at the dangerous current that fills the room. This was the Gabriel I was used. The Gabriel I know. The hard man who turns dangerous when he doesn't get his way.

"Is that so? You're not even going to listen to what I have to say? What I am proposing?" He now looks calm, but I know it's just a façade. There is a very dangerous beast underneath the suit and tie. A shark that will tear you to pieces way before you can even figure out what the fuck is happening or how you ended up in his clutches.

"No," I repeat. "I don't want to be a part of whatever you're trying to propose," I answer confidently.

Making a deal with Gabriel is like making a deal with the devil, and who in their right mind would want to do that? I may be a lot of things, but stupid isn't one of them. I like where my life is right now, with Gabriel nowhere in the picture.

It would be so foolish and careless of me to get involved with the man who hurt me. The man who broke me and treated me worse than trash. Even if I had only myself to think about, I still wouldn't get involved with him. Going anywhere near Gabriel will guarantee more heartbreak and I don't think my heart can handle any more of that, after all, my heart and soul still have the scars from our last involvement. "Are you sure you don't want to reconsider? I can be really persuasive if I want to." He leans back on the sofa and crosses his legs, with that same damned arrogant smirk playing on his face.

I straighten my spine and answer, "Yes, I am sure."Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

"Are you sure? I have something that you might be interested in."

That makes my curiosity perk up a little bit. Knowing the dangers, I push it down and silence it. After all, curiosity killed the cat, right?

Shifting my eyes from his, I answer. "I highly doubt that, Gabriel. There isn't anything in this world that you could offer, that'll make me change my mind."

Unless he can bring back my loved ones from the dead, I doubt I would be interested in anything else. Especially if it comes from him.

"What about your family's company?" he casually asks, making my eyes snap to his.

I can see it in his eyes. His pride and arrogance makes him think he has me where he wants me. That the thought of getting my family's legacy back will bring me to heal and will have me agreeing to the deal. "That's not possible. Unity Ventures went down years ago. I was there when it happened, remember?" I sneer.

Did he forget that I was there when my brother tried his best to revive the company? I was there when Andrew did all he could to save it, but it was too late. I was there when it finally sank, and we were left with nothing.

I rub my chest, still feeling the loss. My grandfather loved that company with all his heart. It was his second baby. Mom loved it too, but she loved my dad more. Maybe if she had taken over as CEO instead of giving the position to my dad, it would still be standing.

"Nothing is impossible, dear ex-wife," he begins and I just know I'm not going to like what he's about to say next. "You see, part of marrying you was that I got the company in case something happened to your brother. If it weren't for the fact Andrew was too focused on his illness, he would have realized that Unity Ventures could be revived."

A chill goes down my back as what he says registers. Andrew was diagnosed with cancer when I was eighteen. He died three years after battling with it. Three years after I got married. Gabriel didn't waste time. He divorced me before I even put my loving brother to the ground.