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

pauses before continuing “And I’m guessing you’re a teacher here?”

I reply feeling conscious all

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

books

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asks, and he genuinely looked interested

that Rowan had been interested in what I did. In

“Biology”

and brains…I like that”

thanks” I replied tucking a wayward piece of

for some reason. Mainly because I wasn’t

at me twice. Unlike Emma who is a

was a mouse compared

had nothing going on for me. Brown hair, brown eyes and a petite

to that since it was hammered into me over and

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

off but after

to the opposite S**.

able to call, we’ve just been

says after a while.

at him, I reply. “It’s okay, I totally understand…I know being a police

that was just

when he left my house

there after that. I was shifting from one foot to another feeling hella awkward.

my soul. I shift my gaze

and I turn to see

to me. “I’m happy

yeah?”

“Yeah” I mumble.

gives me an unexpected hug before walking away. I’m left

hell just happened.

shake myself from the stupor after a while and begin walking. I

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

still functional. I thought about everything I needed to Buy but at the forefront

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

me I’m beautiful. Nor have I ever had a man even wink

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 I

being silly‘ I