Chapter 101

Lauren's POV

I knew he was going to be here the very moment I saw Sofia. Her presence had already confirmed the possibility, but still, a part of me prayed it wouldn’t be true. Yet here he was, standing before me after five long years, the man I had once called my husband, the man who destroyed everything.

Ethan my ex-husband 

The sight of him was like a sudden crack of thunder in the middle of a silent night. My chest tightened, not with longing or regret, but with a burning reminder of betrayal. Memories surged through me, his betrayal of Elena, the way he walked away as if none of it mattered.

“What are the chances that we could have met here,” Ethan said smoothly, lifting the glass of champagne in his hand before taking a slow sip. His voice was exactly as I remembered it — calm, arrogant, dripping with that same condescension that used to make me doubt myself.

I stiffened. From his voice alone, I could tell nothing about him h