Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 21

  1. Dinner date

Ava

I was a nervous wreck as I prepared for my date with Ethan. It’s been two weeks since I was discharged from the hospital and I was all better. The doctor gave me the clear and I even gotten

back to work a few days ago.

In the two weeks, a lot has changed. Letty and I have gotten closer and so has Ethan and I. He’d

asked me out a couple of days ago. I had agreed whole heartedly.

Ethan was good for my ego. He made me laugh and relax. With him I was at ease. When I was

around him I forgot about Rowan. I forgot about my broken heart.

“Hair up or down?” I ask Letty.

We were on video chat and she was helping me get ready.

If I was being honest, this is the first time I’ve ever gone out on a date. Like I mentioned before, I

wasn’t the kind of girl that boys asked out before.

When I was married, Rowan never took me out. In fact we never did the normal things couples did.

when they were in love. There was no dinner dates for me. It would be a surprise if Rowan even

made it home for dinner most days.

“Definitely up, you have a beautiful long neck, you should flaunt it.” Letty says pulling me out of

my thoughts. “Ethan will definitely imagine kissing it and running his tongue down it the entire

time.”

My cheeks color at the picture she painted. I was married for fucks sake, yet such a comment.

made me blush.

“I’m sure you’re exaggerating” 1 mumble, trying to Hide my embarrassment.

“No I’m not. You’re a beautiful woman and any man would be lucky to have you”

“I’m not beautiful” I say automatically. It was sort of a knee jerk reaction.

I wasn’t beautiful. I knew that. Hearing everyone tell you how beautiful your sister is, nails in that fact. It also didn’t help that other parents used to tell my mother that I wasn’t poised, elegant, neat or put together like Emma was

“Yes, you are…you’re the only one who doesn’t see it. All you need is a confidence boost and I

swear men will be scrambling and falling over themselves to have you”

I put my hair up in a messy bun, with loose tendrils framing my face.

I really wanted to believe what she said, but it’s hard to break years of beliefs Beliefs that were

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I sigh and push back the painful memories

“If you say so”

“I say so, now turn, I want to see how you look” she commands.

I didn’t want to go all out incase things didn’t go as planned, so I settled on a little black dress Something that I wasn’t used to. Rowan never took me out when we were married so there wasn’t any need to dress up.

wore matching black heels and did a nude

Ava, Ethan won’t be able to take his eyes off you” Letty says with

you, Letty” I

to go, but I hope you have a wonderful time” she smiles

and thanks

time, because

one last look, I take my purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a

looked

look beautiful, Ava” he stares at me as if seeing me

I say

I’m not good at taking compliments. Especially from

before handing me the flowers.

sniff the roses feeling grateful. Rowan has never

I was important to him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience that he had

with.

water and then we can leave” I turn around and head to the

putting the flowers in a

say. I mean what do you do during dates? What do you

of my element that I was afraid I was going to mess things

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gone on more dates than I can count?” Ethan

breaking the silence.

relieved. The anxiety that

been nervous the whole day.” I confess. “It

to focus on my

back. They could tell that

even called me out on my abnormal

repeatedly because I kept messing it up” he chuckles and I grin at

eased my anxiety knowing that I wasn’t the only

were and I couldn’t

how things should have been with Rowan Instead he

He decided that I didn’t deserve

“We’re here” Ethan says.

place where we had parked. The

I was also curious

was great so I thought we could try it” he tells me as he turns off the

and opened the door. He

at my

for Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the

checks her list before speaking. “Right

throwing glances at Ethan. I don’t blame

in a relationship, I would

then leaves. A minute later, a waiter arrives with a bottle of wine. He then

after pouring

a cop afford such a high end restaurant?” I

curious.

like the kind of place where

could

“Parents?” I ask confused.

correctly, he told me his dad

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a drug addict and she overdosed after I was born. When the FBI took out my dad, I was

adopted by

more I got to know him, the more I liked

you’re trust fund baby?”

that but if we are being honest, then you’re also a trust fund

him.

tell him he couldn’t be

up my

was rich but when shit between me, Emma and

fund and cut me off his will. According to

what I did to

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