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Too Late For Regret: The Neglected Wife

Chapter 7 

Word Count: 613    |    Released on: Today at 13:46

the dining room

" Dominic's voice was a low growl

stared at Matilda's empty

"Your life? Everything you ha

fear or anger, met his. "Then I'm giving it

rkened. The mention of

red in the doorway. "Sir. Madam. Madam Mat

beneath her. She caught herself on the edge of the table, instinct

mahogany and lined with books that were never read

ez the moment she entered. "As long as I am al

idn't

d it, and placed it on the polished su

n was the te

ic, let's ge

ic: "

id, her voice calm and even. "

the phone, her gaze darting between

is mask of control cracked completely. He had never imagined h

down on the desk. Her fury, which had been a

roared, her voice sh

his jaw tight,

a new kind of pain - disappointment. "Have you forgotten wh

d you? The words echoed in her mind. Another pie

. "Seven years ago, you knelt to avoid your duty for her! Now, you agree to a divorce

ez saw Dominic flinch. She saw him, cornered and expose

tion. Only a profoun

She just wanted to l

her hand trembling with the urge to throw i

u now, as long as I draw breath, Alona Zimmerman will ne

gaze back to Inez. "And you.

out flinching. "Then I

and walked out of the study, leav

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Too Late For Regret: The Neglected Wife
Too Late For Regret: The Neglected Wife
“My car broke down in a torrential downpour, so I called my husband of seven years for help. He hung up on me. But minutes later, his childhood sweetheart, Alona, pulled up, slapped herself in the face, and called his private line crying that I had attacked her. Dominic arrived in his Bentley almost immediately. He didn't even look at my shivering, soaked body. Instead, he wrapped his jacket around Alona, tossed a corporate card at me to call a cab, and drove away. Through the car window, I saw our six-year-old son glaring at me. "Mom, stop making a scene! Auntie Alona is not feeling well." Later that night at the family dinner, his brother intentionally drove through a puddle to drench me in mud, and his mother forced me to wear a maid's uniform to the table. The family matriarch then ordered me to kneel on the cold marble floor, demanding I produce a second heir. For seven years, I thought my devotion could warm his cold heart. I didn't know everyone in his circle mocked me for trapping him with a pregnancy, or that I was just a convenient shield to protect his true love from his ruthless grandmother. I didn't cry, and I didn't argue. I simply stood up from the cold floor and sent him a text message. "Dominic, let's get a divorce." The next morning, I blocked every number in the Reeves family and called my lawyer.”