Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Rowan.

I see the moment she shuts her emotions down. The moment the warm look she had just a few

seconds ago turns cold. Which leaves me cold.

“What are you doing here?” Ava asks her voice monotonous as I push my way into her house.

It’s like she was talking to a stranger. Like I was nothing but a speck of dust and nothing more. I stare at her unable to come up with anything. I’ve lived with this woman for almost a decade and

yet right now I can’t find the right words.

I look at her hand still in a sling. I came to check up on her and also to pick Noah. It was the

weekend so it was my time with him.

Remembering the man that I saw leaving, my brows furrow. He must be who the smile was for.

That little piece of realization makes my jaw clench.

“What was he doing here?” I ask instead of answering while trying to hide the unreasonable anger

I was feeling.

I get the guy is an officer and that he saved her life but he was crossing a line. I didn’t fucking like

him and I didn’t want him anywhere near Ava.

“That’s none of your business” she retorts.

“It is my business when you’re entertaining.men this early in the morning with my son in the house….did he sleep over? Is that why I saw him leaving?”

The thought of that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. The last thing I want is for her to be exposing Noah to men months after we separated. It wouldn’t leave a good impression on the type

of woman she is.

She gives a humorless laugh, pulling me back to the present.

“It’s not any of your fucking business…do you see me meddling in your life while you’re busy entertaining Emma? And isn’t it hypocritical of you to stand there judging me?”

I glare at her. “Emma is different”

“How so?” she first feigns puzzlement and then her face lights up as if she figured out something. but I know it’s mockery. “Oh, I forgot she’s the love of your fucking life”

I grind my teeth She was starting to piss me off. What the hell was wrong with her? It’s like she

has something against me.

“I’ll never do anything that would affect Noah but I’m a single woman and I will have whoever!

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I’m

clench into fists at the last part. For some reason heat starts rising up in my core making me want to

in and calm myself. I follow the

here. It looked different from the house we shared

walking. I find her in the kitchen wiping down the

glaring at me. “I had hoped you would leave.

of her mouth these past few days is nothing but pure venom? It’s like all she wants is to strike

weekend Ava, I came for

awake yet and you could have done what you

come in”

seat on one of the barstools She frowns at me and opens her mouth to speak I was sure she was about to say something that would probably piss me

wait

fists the dish towel in her small

as we follow the terms of the custody agreement then we

getting on my fucking nerves

me to be out of your

my nose in frustration “I’m not the one who

gotten into her but I was beginning to regret coming into her house. It seems all she wants to do is light. I wasnt in the fucking mood. Not when I was supposed to meet with kanta

doesn’t mean you didn’t want it and look, it came at the perfect time, just when Empia comes back to

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a sour subject but I never lied to her. Never led her on. She

if it wasn’t for the mistake nine years ago, then she is the one that would have

I never lied to you.

don’t know what I saw in you to

at her words. Her words angering me. Yes we did sleep together during our marriage but it was just to scratch an itch. I took vows and despite the fact

the past, I’m here

going round and round. I needed to say what I came here to

did something I

her attentions. She doesn’t fire back. Instead she opens one of the

bottle of medicine. Uncapping it using one hand, she pops two pills

and swallows.

the label, I realize it’s pain

the arm?”

here to talk, so talk Rowan… we both know you don’t care about me so quite with

she

and all but yell. “Damn it

going to talk? If not you can leave. I’ll text you

Noah is wakes up”

hand around her uninjured hand. She immediately wrenches

me!” she

on? Are we forever going to be at each other’s throats? We

why I always preferred Emma. Why I

eyes growing colder than I could

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insulting me and comparing me to Emma. My behavior doesn’t concern you, we are divorced…so

about behaviors go give them

a while. We glare at each other. Each one refusing to back down.