Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

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It’s been a week sitace Noah left and i can’t find a pattern to live life without him This is the

longest we’ve been separated and I’m not ashamed to say that I am not handling it well

Nosh is my anchor and without home feel slightly Best Like I’m just drifting through life like a

stop wreck at sea Every day 1 eagerly wait for his calls because that’s what keeps me calm. Those calls and his sweet voice keep me grounded

I haven’t heard from Rowan since that day at the airport A part of my heart still longs for him but

I know that this is for the best. There was no future between us and I couldn’t go on living with a

man that didn’t love me

So far everything has been quiet. Not that anyone has tried to keep me informed or anything.

Since there hasn’t been any more shoot outs or people dying, then it’s safe to assume that those criminals have gone underground

All of a sudden I bump into someone Jolting me out of my thoughts.

“I’m so sorry, I did not see you” I apologize and bend down to pick up my books

I’m heading home from work Today has been a rather tiring day I just wanted to go home and

sleep

“It’s okay. I was also not paying attention to where I was going”

The familiar voice makes me snap my head in his direction. I wasn’t wrong Ethan was the one [

had bumped into

He helps me pick my books up and we get up together He gives me a charming smile and I find myself smiling back at him

“What are you doing here?” I ask him

He was in his officer uniform and damn did he look good. I might have sworn myself off men but

that didn’t mean I couldn’t look, and there was a lot to look at

pauses before

reply feeling conscious

expect the wife of a billionaire to have but I loved teaching My parents had been against the idea, preferring I got a high class job like Emma who was a fantastic lawyer

books

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asks, and he genuinely looked interested

was any time during our marriage that Rowan had been interested in what I

“Biology”

and brains…I like that” he winks, making me

tucking a wayward piece of hair behind

me feel flustered for some reason. Mainly because I wasn’t used to

looking men. Men don’t look at me twice. Unlike Emma who is a beautiful

was a mouse compared

going on for me. Brown hair, brown eyes and a petite body. I wasn’t attractive

to that since it was hammered into me over and over again when I was

to me when we were growing

but after a while I accepted the fact that I

to the

been able to call, we’ve just been busy I haven’t gotten any

says after a while.

I totally understand…I know being a

understand. I understood that that was just an excuse. He wasn’t planning on

he left

shifting from one foot

me, his blue eyes searching my soul. I shift my gaze to avoid

to

turning to me. “I’m happy to see you

yeah?”

“Yeah” I mumble.

unexpected hug before walking away. I’m left there wondering what

hell just happened.

while and begin walking. I needed to

store wasn’t that far from school, I decide to

sometime ached, it was still functional. I

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different from how Rowan treated me that I

had anyone tell me I’m beautiful. Nor have I ever

attractive but I also knew I couldn’t count on that. I mean if my own husband didn’t find me attractive then how could other men think that

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