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JACKSON~•~As the elevator doors opened, George was standing outside, waiting for it.He scoffed, not bothering to hide his distaste for me anymore. I frowned, wondering what had happened. However, I couldn’t ask him so I just focused on carrying Amelia and the small shopping bag on one hand.I went to the front of their apartment and rang the doorbell.Kimberly opened it at a speed I never thought possible as though she had been standing right in front of the door. “Oh, it’s you.” Her face portrayed her disappointment.I entered and closed the door behind me gently, not wanting to wake Amelia up. “Were you expecting someone else?” I questioned. Her boyfriend just left. Who else could she be expecting?“No one.” She muttered, walking into the kitchen.The fact that she didn’t try to take Amelia from me told me that something was wrong. “I'm going to touch her in. Where’s her room?” It was just six in the evening and she was already gone.“The second bedroom,” Kim mumbled, keeping her
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JACKSON~•~I didn’t know why I told Kimberly I’d make the tacos when I knew damn well I hadn’t made tacos in my life, but that didn’t mean I wouldn’t try though.I was trying to win her back, which meant I was going to do whatever she wanted, including the things she didn’t ask me to do.That was exactly why I searched for several taco recipes on the internet and only went with the most common recipe. It took a while but I finally made it.By the time I was done in the kitchen, Amelia had woken up again. I cursed under my breath when she trudged into the kitchen to meet me. I’d been hoping to have some alone time with Kimberly.I knew she was quite embarrassed after she cried in my arms. I wanted to assure her that I didn’t think any less of her.“Daddy, what are you making?”“Tacos, baby.”“Tacos? They’re my favorite!” She jumped up and down.“Really?” I indulged her.“Yes! Mummy makes them when she’s happy.”I looked into the living room and Kimberly was focused on typing on her la
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KIMBERLY~•~I paused. That wasn’t a bad idea, but “I have never thought about that.”“You’re welcome.” He grinned smugly.I rolled my eyes before suddenly looking at him. “Is this come kind of ploy to bring me closer to you?”“It isn’t not a plot.” He emphasized. “But I’m also suggesting this for your good. This way, you get to be your own boss and no man would fire you just because they broke up with you.”I groaned. “Don’t remind me.” I was trying to forget about that. I wanted to move on as soon as possible. George was right. The only way we could move on was if we never saw each other again.“You really have never thought about it before?”I shook my head. I never thought I’d be civil with Jackson again, especially after the stunt he pulled last week, but here I was with him on my couch late at night. “My job at George’s firm was the first proper job I’d ever had. I have never thought of starting my own company. I don’t think it’s easy.”“It’s not.” He affirmed. “But I’ll be ther
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KIMBERLY~•~Amelia didn’t go to school thr next day. She was going to be starting at a new school soon so it was better for her to not get attached to her friends if she hadn’t already. Since she had slept early the previous night, she woke up according and came to wake me up in my room.I yawned sleepily, trying to ignore her but the girl was persistent. She wasn’t a baby but she wanted everyone to be awake whenever she was. “What is it?” I asked begrudgingly when she continued shaking me awake.“You said I’m going to school today so I have to wake up early.”I groaned. I remembered saying that to her yesterday afternoon but a lot of things had happened in less than twenty-four fours. A lot of things had changed as well. “You’re not going to school today,” I told her bluntly.“Why?” She pouted. “I want school!”The sleep was completely cleared from my eyes as I sat up on the bed. “Would you like to go to New York?”“New York?” She frowned.“The place we took the plane to last tim
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KIMBERLY~•~“This is so entertaining!” Emelda exclaimed as I walked past her with a box stacked on another.I rolled my eyes, ignoring her. The only reason she was making such comments was because she was looking for a fight. There was no other reason. And I wasn’t going to give it to her. I wasn’t a child.She continued making several comments even as I reached the elevator. When I got downstairs, everyone gasped in unison.“Miss Kim, are you leaving us?”“Were you fired?”“Of course not! Why would her boyfriend fire her? She probably resigned.”“Kimberly, we’ll miss you.”I chuckled. At least most of my colleagues loved me and liked to work with me. “I’ll miss you guys too.”“What happened? Are you working elsewhere?”There were a lot of questions that I didn’t have answers to. I just assured them that I wouldn’t forget about them and would make sure to reach out now and then. They accepted my words and two of the guys took the boxes from me and helped me take them to my car.“Than
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JACKSON~•~I wanted to wait for Kimberly so we could all go back to New York today but she suggested I leave first with Amelia. It was the first time I was going to be traveling alone with a child. I couldn’t deny that I was quite scared.However, since Kimberly trusted me to fly alone with Amelia, it meant I had nothing to worry about. Amelia was very excited to go on an airplane anyway.I’d always wondered why my father had a private jet but now that I was to fly with my daughter, I was contemplating buying one as well. Amelia’s suitcase was bigger than expected, which made me wonder how long Kimberly would take to come to New York. According to her, she wanted to wrap up some loose ends. The only thing that gave me hope that she’d eventually relocate was the fact that Amelia was coming with me and she would never abandon her.“Is it okay if I introduce Amelia to Asher? He is staying with me for a while.” I didn’t want to do anything that she wouldn’t be comfortable with. Kimberly
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JACKSON~•~I watched as they stared at each other curiously. As expected, Amelia was the first to break the silence. She turned to look at me. “My classmate told me she had a lot of brothers and sisters. Now I finally have a brother. Daddy, can you give me a sister too?”My eyes went wide but she stared at me with such hopeful eyes that I didn’t dare deny her. “I’ll try my best, baby.”Asher, on the other hand, “I don’t want a sister!”Ameli looked at him, her eyes almost popping out. “You don’t want me?” She asked the question with puppy dog eyes, looking so sad that even Asher got the gist that he couldn’t affirm it.“That’s not what I meant. I– You–“I laughed when he stumbled on his words. Even though they were just kids, I was thankful that they didn’t hold any resentment for each other. No child liked to share their parents with someone they had never seen before. I could only hope the world didn’t strip them of their purity.“Asher, why don’t you show Amelia around? When you
Last Updated : 2024-10-30The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 57. Interesting
KIMBERLY~•~Having Amelia in a different city prompted me to move faster. I only lasted two more days in California before I was packing up my shit to leave. I hadn’t even found an apartment yet. I intended to stay at a hotel while I figured that out.I had thought a break would be nice. I’d been working and taking care of Amelia all year round. I deserved a vacation yet my heart wasn’t at peace, knowing she was a few hours away from me.My house was almost empty as I’d spent the last two days fitting all we had into boxes. I wasn’t moving them with me. I’d ship them to New York after I got settled there.I was just about to leave the house when I got a text from Jackson. He had told his IT guy to track the source of the article before removing it and he told me it was from my office, along with the model of the phone used. All the evidence pointed to Emelda.I contemplated paying her a visit but I didn’t want to run into George again which was why I merely sent a text.I forwarded h
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The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 115. Enrollment
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The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 114. Mood
KIMBERLY~•~My mom didn’t want me to tell anyone, but Jackson wasn’t just anyone, was he? He was my husband and naturally, I was supposed to tell him about everything going on in my life.He pushed off the wall and approached me. “Cancer?” He asked again when I didn’t say anything, which made me wonder how long he had been listening in on me.“You were eavesdropping?” I accused.He shrugged, not feeling bad in the slightest. “If I didn’t, how would I know that your mom was sick and she’s taking it out on you?” Jackson questioned. “I thought we had agreed to trust each other?”“We did. I do trust you, Jackson.”He sat at the edge of the bed, close to me. “Then why can’t you still tell me anything? I’m your husband, baby. I’m supposed to share your worries.”I sighed. “It’s not like that at all. It’s just jot my secret to tell.”“But it’s your burden.”He was right. It was bothering me and I’d feel bad if he couldn’t open up to me about his burdens as well. “You’re right. I’m sorry. Ye
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 113. Sick
KIMBERLY~•~Things were beginning to look up for me.Asher had accepted me in his life. The scandal about my supposed nudes was dying down already. Well, a scandal about Chris dating two models at once was making its rounds on the internet so it took the limelight off of me.Chris had looked like a gentleman when we first met on the plane. I couldn’t believe that he was two-timing. Then again, it was the internet and everything could be taken out of context just for a story.Jackson had done his best to erase everything but some people had taken screenshots and even if I knew it was never going to be completely erased off the internet Jackson had vowed to legally deal with anyone who shared it. I was the lawyer in the couple but he was acting like one all the time.The only stress I had at the moment was my mother. I didn’t know if it made me a bad daughter but I was beginning to think she wasn’t sick and was just faking it because she kept using her sickness to manipulate me. If she
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 112. Mommy
KIMBERLY~•~“Wake up wake up wake up, mommy! Santa came last night!”I shut my eyes even tighter and subconsciously moved away from the noise. “Mommyyyyyy!” Amelia started shaking me incessantly.I gritted my teeth as my eyes snapped open. Amelia wasn’t the only one present. Asher was also there and Jackson was grinning down at me.“Merry Christmas!” They chorused, agitating me even further.Jackson was a bastard. He didn’t let me sleep last night and we only got to sleep around two in the morning yet here he was, an accomplice to the little devil waking me up at seven in the morning. I held back a sigh and closed my eyes back.“Daddy says we need to have a good attitude during Christmas.” Amelia continued. “Or Santa will take back his presents.”Fuck Santa. Jackson and I spent days cracking our heads for the perfect presents for the kids yet all the credit was going to Santa.“Wake up, mommy! I want to open my stockings!”With a groan, I opened my eyes again and sat up. “I’m awake,
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 111. Worried
KIMBERLY~•~I was shocked to see that a new article had been uploaded and a lot of news outlets had run with the information. It was crazy. As soon as Jackson found out Emily was behind it, he reported her to the police. When did she have time to post a second article? Did she have an accomplice?When I traced the original article that contained my supposed nudes, I saw that it had been posted early this morning. Was it a timed post? She was even craftier than I thought. She didn’t care that she was getting arrested. She didn’t care that she would spend a longer time in jail after releasing those pictures. She didn’t care about anything but her revenge. It was crazy.As if I didn’t have a lot to worry about already, my parents were blowing up my phone with calls and texts. I knew opening their texts would annoy me but I did it anyway.[Mom: Kimberly, call me back right now!][Mom (2): what kind of pictures are those? Why did you take them? Don’t you have respect for yourself?][Mom (
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 110. Love
KIMBERLY~•~Everything was happening too fast. The messages were traced back to Emily, which made me understand why the blackmailer was so desperate for money. She had been cut off from her family and since she wasn’t working, she had gone broke and needed money as soon as possible.Jackson was quite shocked to find out it was her but he was relieved it was her and not some other person who had evil intentions towards me. He said it was a good enough reason to lock her up since there was no proof of her orchestrating his accident.On our way back to the city, Jackson contacted the police and forwarded the evidence he had to them. I had asked him if he wasn’t going to inform his parents first before taking action but he dismissed it and said he had to act fast before she released another article.It was late at night, but Jackson insisted we return to New York immediately after the wedding was over. It was only an hour's journey but the kids were already asleep.“You’ve endured a lot
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 109. Challenge
JACKSON~•~Someone was testing my fucking patience. I hadn’t been okay with Kimberly’s decision to forget about such a serious issue until after the wedding but I didn’t want to make a big deal about it since it was about her and it was her best friend’s wedding. It seemed like the blackmailer had other thoughts though.Without saying anything, I took the phone back from Kimberly and forwarded the message to my secretary as well as the number accompanied by a message of my own.[Me: take care of this as soon as possible]Thankfully, his reply came immediately.[Okay sir]“What did you do?” Kimberly questioned when she saw that I had pocketed my phone. “Don’t worry about it.” The topic easily got me worked up. The only reason the blackmailer was doing this for me but they were stupid enough to try and create a scandal with fake news. It could be proven wrong but once it was out there, some people were going to believe it no matter what. I didn’t want her reputation to be tainted with
The Billionaire’s Regret: My ex husband wants me 108. Blurred
KIMBERLY~•~Jackson and I agreed to take care of the blackmailer after Reiya’s wedding.However, I knew the person behind the screen wouldn’t take too well with getting ignored so I just told them to give me some time to get the money. After telling them I’d get back to them in a week, I put it at the back of my mind and focused on my best friend’s wedding.The days passed by in a blur and in no time, it was her big day. Amelia and Asher had arrived early in the morning. Caro said they were eager to come because they missed us. They were with their father though as I still had to be by Reiya’s side.“You look stunning babe,” I told Reiya when she started looking into the mirror too much. I could tell she was anxious but I couldn’t blame her. I was just as anxious on my wedding day and I wasn’t even getting married out of love.Then again, I think that made my anxiety even worse. I didn’t want to do something stupid and make him regret his choice to marry me.“You think?”“Come on Rei
