Too Late For Regret, Mr. Harper

Chapter 3

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ring glass headquarters of Harper Industries. She needed this job

e could still feel the sideways glances from her colleagues. Last night's

istant pool. The documents on her desk blurred together. All she could think about

ough listings for jewelry designers. It was her major in

for a jolt of caffeine. The room was empty. She leaned against the counter

s approaching, accompan

is best frie

ucked behind a tall bank of storage loc

, oblivious to

t. "You made the headlines again last night, Bryant. Aren't y

lass of water, his voice

h. But seriously, what's the plan? Sienna's back for goo

th, her feet feeling

at the city below. He lit a cigarette, t

d, his voice as cold as the glas

every lamp she left on for his late returns, every time she deflected media

anning on keeping this

"Until my grandfather stops watching so clos

mean, like when Sienna wins her Oscar and can

is silence was all the

of the lockers, the world turning gray at the edges. She had told herself t

a placeholder. An object to be discar

t, their footsteps

face ashen. She went to the sink and splas

ty. She gripped the edge of the sink, sta

the day I exit?" she repeated under

aightened u

to set her exit time? She woul

bloodied and bruised

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Too Late For Regret, Mr. Harper

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“I had just found out I was six weeks pregnant when the hospital called. My mother was dying of acute kidney failure and needed a one-million-dollar transplant immediately. Desperate, I called my billionaire husband, Bryant, begging for the money. Instead of helping, he let out a cruel laugh, accusing me of faking her illness for attention, and hung up to comfort his first love, the famous actress Sienna. The nightmare didn't end there. At his company, I was publicly mocked by his employees for being a pathetic, unloved wife. When I finally snapped and slapped my bully, Bryant appeared. He didn't ask what happened. He just stared at me with cold, piercing eyes and forced me to apologize to the woman insulting me, all to protect his company and Sienna's reputation. I later overheard him telling his best friend that our three-year marriage was just a "disposable habit," a placeholder until Sienna won her Oscar. My heart completely shattered. He didn't care if my mother died, and he certainly wouldn't care about the baby growing inside me. Why did I ever think I could warm his cold heart? I wiped my tears, signed a divorce agreement demanding zero assets, and walked out of his mansion with nothing but my suitcases. But just as an old friend stepped in to pay my mother's medical bills, Bryant suddenly stormed into the hospital corridor. He grabbed my wrist with a terrifying, possessive fury, completely ignoring my friend. "We're going home."”