Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

10. Cut and about

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

a report that someone was selling drugs to kids” he pauses before continuing “And I’m guessing you’re a teacher

feeling conscious all of

I loved teaching My parents had been against the idea, preferring I got a high class job like Emma who was a fantastic lawyer or Travis who was an entrepreneur. I guess that had been another mark against me

books

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Ethan asks, and he genuinely

say there was any time during our marriage that Rowan had been interested in what I did. In fact I’m

“Biology”

brains…I like that”

thanks” I replied tucking a wayward piece

for some reason.

look at me twice. Unlike Emma who is a beautiful

I was a mouse

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

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

attention to me when we were growing up and if they did it was so

but after a while

to the

haven’t been able to call, we’ve

says after a while.

okay, I totally understand…I know being a police officer

I did understand. I understood that that was just an

left my house that

after that. I was shifting from one foot to

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

turn to see

“I’m happy to see you beautiful, I’ll see

yeah?”

“Yeah” I mumble.

me an unexpected hug before walking

hell just happened.

while and begin walking.

far from

sometime ached, it was still functional. I thought about everything I needed to Buy but

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way he treated me was so different from how Rowan treated me that I wasn’t sure

of it. I’ve never had anyone tell me I’m beautiful. Nor have I

was actually 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

silly‘ I laugh at