Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

7. Dead man

Ava

I wake up with a stiff back and an aching arm. I am in bed with Noah since he refused to leave me

after we finished watching TV. I smile when I remembered him saying that he was taking his job seriously and that he would take care of me throughout the night.

With a bit of difficulty. I manage to move him without waking him up. It was around eight and I needed to prepare breakfast before he woke up.

After doing my morning routine, I went downstairs I stood outside the kitchen for a while wondering how I was going to manage making breakfast with one arm.

As I moved to get the ingredients needed for pancakes, memories of yesterday flooded my mind. Everything that happened seemed so surreal that part of me wonder if it had happened. If it wasn’t for the fact that my shoulder was bandaged and my arm was in sling, I would have thought it was all a bad dream..

When I woke up in the hospital after I fainted I panicked. It took both the doctor and nurse to calm.

me down and reassure me that everything was okay. She told me that the bullet was lodged in my shoulder but it hadn’t done any serious damage. I was lucky because according to them if it had hit lower then it would have struck my heart.

They removed the bullet, cleaned the wound, stitched me up and then put my arm in the sling I was given antibiotics and pain meds. They instructed me to keep my arm elevated till my next appointment.

As I cooked the pancakes, I thought about the man that tried to save me. I made a ment*l note to find out who he is so I could thank him. He was the only one that looked out for me when my

family couldn’t care less if I was safe or not.

My thoughts are interrupted when a knock sounds on my door, making me wonder who it was.

I highly doubted there was anyone I wanted to see right now. The events of yesterday soured my feelings towards the people I once considered family.

I walk to the door and gently open it. I’m surprised to find the man from yesterday standing on my doorstep. The first thing I notice is his blue eyes. They were the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.

I hadn’t noticed this yesterday. Probably because I was in shock and in pain, but the man was

at least six feet tall, muscular but not in a body builder type of way, a strong jaw and a flawless complexion. His dark brown hair

confidence demanded attention.

out sounding like a

+15 BONUS

and I was struck by how beautiful it was. “Hey,

stepping out of

and I close the door behind him. I watch him as he studies

says in a deep

I mumbled. “I made some pancakes,

can go back to making breakfast, he stops

he gently grabs my hand, turns it

kisses it.

flushed. I wasn’t used to this kind of attention and charm from men.

one that was always looked over. The boring

“I-I’m Ava” I stammered.

know that, beautiful” he says giving me a wink while taking a seat at the

because I didn’t know how to behave. He oozed masculine energy and it was directed at

burial?” I asked while placing a cup of

own plate and cup and sit next to him. He chuckles

because of that threat, the chief wanted us on the look at incase the same people tried anything with the mourning family” he

seen you before

of months back. I’ve been swamped with work

had much time to mingle” he replies after

can consider me one of

just this morning actually.”

“What for?”

life. I don’t remember everything but I remember you

on the wound and shouting for

rushed towards

+15 BONUS

not every day you get to have a beautiful woman in your arms even though she faints at the sight of her own blood” he teases giving me

just know he’s a charmer. It’s