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All Chapters of Too Late for Regret: My Husband and My Son: Chapter 241 - Chapter 250

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Ophelia's POV "Julian barely leaves her side." I bit my lower lip. Hellen tapped the table with her fingernail slowly. That small voice rang clear over our conversation. "So you're afraid." The sentence sounded like a conclusion. I swallowed. There was no point in denying it. "Yes." I nodded slowly. I was afraid Vivienne would become the center of Julian's world again. I was afraid Maximilian would grow closer to her. I was afraid everything I'd held on to was slipping away one by one. That fear haunted me every day. "I feel like I'm losing everything." My voice sounded small and tired. I hated the fact that I sounded this weak. But I was also too tired to pretend. Hellen tilted her head. She studied me like someone assessing a situation from all angles. "You love him." It wasn't a question. I didn't answer ri

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Vivienne's POV I was still thinking about Dominic's words even when there was a gentle knock on my ward door.My gaze, which had been blankly staring at the window, slowly shifted to the door. A nurse entered with a friendly smile and a folder in hand.“Good afternoon, Mrs. Vivienne,” she greeted softly. “There's a follow-up appointment soon. I'm here to pick you up.”I blinked slowly, as if just finally coming back to reality.“Now?”The nurse nodded. “Yes. The doctor wants to see your progress post-surgery and your condition after yesterday's chemotherapy.”I let out a small sigh.“Okay.”After the nurse left briefly to get a wheelchair, I leaned back against the pillow and stared at the ceiling. But what was going through my head wasn't the exam, the medical results, or the nausea that sometimes came suddenly.What continued to bother me was Dominic. Singapore. Treatment abroad. The chance to su

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Vivienne's POV These tiny hopes felt easy. But they were what gave me the power to keep moving, even if just one step at a time.The helper started moving my chair out of the room. The hospital hall welcomed me with the strong smell of cleaner, the noise of shoes, the rolls of the cart, and the soft talks of the doctors and nurses. It all felt known now - too known.͏We passed several other awards.Some doors opened, showing other patients with white faces or family folks waiting at their beds. The view made my chest feel tight. The hospital always reminds me that the pain never comes alone, it always brings fear, hope and loss all in one pack.My hands gripped the side of a blanket on my lap.The chair with wheels kept going down the long space, pushing my body to the checking room. And in the noise of the wheels rubbing on a hospital ground, one question was turning in my mind:If there was still a chance t

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Ophelia's POV My hands felt cold throughout the ride home.The cab's cooler wasn't even set very low. The driver looked at me through the back mirror many times, like he was checking if I was okay. My body stayed tight and hard, as if a hidden string had been pulled too hard around my chest.A black bag sat next to me. There wasn’t a lot in it, but it was enough to make my heart speed up every time I looked at it. Hellen had set everything up. In a chill way, like she was picking out a dress for a party with me, she handed me a paper, the right words to say and even the looks I should have.I ought to have felt happy. After all, that was why I went to meet her, right? To find a way out. To stop the falsehood about this pregnancy before everything blew up in my face.Weirdly, the nearer the cab got to home, the more sick I felt.The second I walked in, it quietly greeted me. The home was big for one person to stay in. Way too calm. Wa

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Ophelia's POVI bit my lip so hard that it started to hurt."I am his wife." I said to myself in a voice. These words were more like a reminder to me than something I really believed.The more I said them the more empty they felt. It was like being his wife was not enough to make me feel safe anymore.I walked around the bathroom a few times really slowly. My eyes looked around the room checking every corner.Everything looked too normal. That was why Hellen said this place was perfect. It would not make people ask many questions.I took a breath and let it out slowly. My chest went up and down as I tried to calm down."Once this is over." I whispered to myself. "Julian will pay attention to me again."I tried to believe what I was saying. I tried to make myself think that this was a reason to keep going.Because if that did not happen then everything I did until now would be for nothing.

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Julian's POV Ophelia's voice was still echoing in my ears long after the phone call ended. I was holding my phone so tightly that my knuckles turned white.I stood frozen in the conference room for seconds staring at the dark screen. My heart was pounding hard against my chest.The presentation screen was still on in front of me. Several clients were sitting across the table. My secretary was standing in the corner. One of the managers had just finished explaining the report.I wasn't listening to any of them. My mind was elsewhere.All I could hear was Ophelia's voice. That one word was filling my head with thoughts.I stood up abruptly. My chair scraped backward across the floor. Everyone turned to look at me."Mr. Julian?"I looked around the room. I tried to stay calm even though my chest felt tight."I'm sorry." I said shortly. "We'll end the meeting here."Some people looked confused. One of

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Julian's POVOnly a few hours earlier, I had been sitting beside Vivienne's hospital bed, making sure her condition was stable enough before forcing myself to return to the office. I had even promised myself that I would finish work as quickly as possible so I could visit her again that evening.Now, every one of those plans had fallen apart.If something had really happened to Ophelia, I had to stay by her side. No matter what had happened between us, leaving her alone was never an option.My eyes flicked to the digital clock on the dashboard. Time kept moving forward, yet the distance to the house felt unchanged.The traffic light turned red again.I let out a long breath while tapping my fingers against the steering wheel. Every instinct told me to drive through the intersection, but I knew that would only make everything worse.If I ended up in an accident, none of these problems would be solved.I closed my eyes for a brief moment as the car came

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Ophelia's POVDuring the drive to the clinic I could not bring myself to look at Julian. My head was resting against the car window. I was breathing really heavily. I would close my eyes every now and then trying to look weak and tired.Julian kept looking at me. He was holding the steering wheel tightly so that his knuckles were white."We are there." I just gave him a nod. Inside my heart was beating faster and faster.Please let this work out. Just this one time.The car finally stopped in front of a clinic. It was not big. It looked clean and peaceful. Soon as Julian opened the door some medical staff came over to us after seeing how I was doing."Miss Ophelia?"I gave them a nod."Please come with us. We will take care of you."They quickly helped me into a wheelchair. Took me inside. Julian stayed beside me looking really worried."How is she?" he asked one of the staff members.

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Ophelia's POVMy fingers started to shakeI almost told the doctor that I had changed my mind about what I was going to do.Almost.Then I thought of Vivienne again. I thought of Vivienne in her hospital bed.Vivienne the person Julian always runs to whenever she needs something.The jealousy that I had tried to keep came back.I took a breath and made myself look up.No matter what happens after today I will never be Ophelia again.I just hope that everything I am doing will keep Julian with me.The doctor finally said something. "Hellen called me before you got here."I slowly looked up at him. "So you already know what is going on?"He nodded."I know that you are in a tough spot."I bit my lip."Thank you for trying to help me."The doctor pulled his chair closer to me. Sat down."Before we do anything I need to make sure you underst

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Ophelia's POV "Do you regret choosing this path?"I tried to say something. I could not get the words out.Regret. If I said I regret it it would be late now.If I said I do not regret it then why does my chest hurt much?I said something quietly. "I am just afraid of losing him."My voice was so soft that I could barely hear myself.The doctor nodded slowly. “Fear makes people do things they never thought they would do.”I bit my lip because her words were true. Those words really hurt me.I was not the kind of person I hated lying. I hated tricking people.My fear of being left alone has changed me into someone I do not know anymore.I closed my eyes for a time.The doctor's words kept echoing in my mind.It was hard for me to know what was right and what was wrong because I was so scared.My fingers were clenched together tightly so that they turned whit

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