A Divorce He Regrets (Raina and Alexander) novel Chapter 271

ALEXANDER

The minute my eyes landed on her, my heart melted. I was heading to go meet her in the kitchen but like she had been reading my mind, she walked out of the kitchen looking tired and her forehead was covered in sweat.

“I’m so sorry, my love,” I said, my voice quiet as I watched her eyes flicker with fear at first then hurt and then her expression turned blank.

It felt like I was losing her and I didn’t want that, I didn’t want to see the fire in her eyes dying or the bond between us unraveling.

She crossed her arms around her chest looking at me but her shoulders were tense and her body rigid. She didn’t try to move nor did she run into my arms like I had prayed she would. But I felt hopeful because even though she looked sad and angry she didn’t move away from me nor did she push me away.

“I should have yelled at you or said any of the things that I said,” I continued, my voice low and barely audible. “You didn’t deserve to be treated or talked down on that way.”

Raina blinked slowly as if she was trying to horn back her tears. Her mouth opened slightly like she was about to say something but no words came out at first but after a minute, she let out a long, shaky breath.

“I should apologize for what I did too,” she started, her voice was shaky, soft and it sounded raw. “I… I acted without thinking or considering what could happen. I just thought that if I could get rid of Nathan for good then…” she paused, her voice trailing off as she took her eyes off me and focused them on the floor. “I only wanted to protect you and the kids. I wanted to protect our family.”

I moved closer to her, closing the space that was between us slowly, not wanting to push her away to do anything for her to get distant again. I reached for her hand and she didn’t pull away as my hands wrapped around hers.

It was warm, healing and I felt the thread that we were hanging in slowly repairing itself.

“Speaking of the kids,” I finally said, my voice slicing through the silent air. “How about we call them now and say hi?”

A smile curled at the edge of Raina’s lips and her face brightened before she quickly nodded. She wiped away the sweat across her forehead with the sleeve of her sweater and gestured for us to go sit on the chair.

I pulled out my phone as we walked over to the chair and dialed their number. After a few rings, the phone connected and familiar voices echoed from the other end of the phone.