HIS REGRET (Ex-Husband wants Me Back) novel Chapter 991

"That's what you get for running your mouth."

Josh only laughed harder. "Now that's the Naomi we know."

He turned to everyone else, still rubbing his arm. "See? Her strength's back."

His words instantly broke the tension. Laughter filled the living room, sweeping away the last traces of awkwardness that had lingered. Even Cale, who was usually the calmest of them all, smiled as he shook his head.

"If you can still pinch that hard," he said with quiet amusement, "then you really are getting better."

Naomi burst into laughter. It was still soft, but this time it sounded far more carefree than before. She looked at each person gathered in the room.

Grace, still wiping the corners of her eyes. Josh, deliberately overacting his complaints just to make everyone laugh. Eli, who had been smiling and shaking his head at their antics the whole time. And Chase Junior, looking at her with bright, sparkling eyes.

Without realizing it, the corners of Naomi's lips lifted once more.

"So, out of everyone here," she said with an exaggerated sigh, "there really isn't a single person willing to take my side?"

"Not one," they answered almost in unison.

Laughter once again filled the house.

Amid the warm laughter, Naomi suddenly realized something. Just a few weeks ago, she had almost lost the chance to hear these voices again. But that night, God had allowed her to return to the people who accepted and loved her.

The atmosphere, already warm, became even more lively.

In the midst of the laughter, Eli stepped forward carrying a box wrapped in dark blue paper. "This is for you."

Naomi accepted it with a puzzled look. "What's this?"

"Open it later."

Naomi nodded with a smile. "Thank you."

On the other side of the room, Althea and Daven, who had been quietly watching the way their children welcomed Naomi home, could only smile in relief. Truly, when Althea had first heard the news about Naomi, she had been beside herself with worry.

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