Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

4 He’s hurting

Ava

I’m still reeling from Rowan’s actions a couple of days ago. I don’t get what the hell has the inte him. Was he trying to jeopardize his relationship with Emma? Did he want to get me trouble with her?

She already thought that I was out to get her man That I was doing everything can to take hu away from her. What she didn’t understand is that I just wanted peace I didn’t want Rowan I’ve been there, tried that and learned my lesson the hard way.

“Are you sure about that?” an annoying little voice asked me. “You can’t deny that you liked the kiss. That’s how you always imagined him kissing you. With nothing but want and passion”

I shake the thought away. It was wrong. I was determined to move on from Rowan and find a life and love of my own. Just because my body betrayed me didn’t mean anything. My re pons- was purely biological. There was nothing more to it

“Keep lying to yourself” the voice argued

I wasn’t lying to myself. Or maybe I was, bottom line is I wasn’t going to read into Rowan

uncharacteristic behavior or his unexpected kiss.

Pushing thoughts of Rowan completely to the back of my mind, I focus on the door to the coffee

shop. It was five and I had just gotten out of work. Letty and I had made plans to meet up before

going home.

I take a bite of my cake just as the door opens and Letty walks in. Her eyes searches the sea of

people before finally landing on me. She rushes towards me, a smile on her face.

“I’m so sorry I’m late, we had a last minute meeting at the office” she says as she takes a seat

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I smile back at her. “It’s okay. No worries”

“I see you’ve already ordered” she points out.

“I missed lunch so I was a bit hungry”

She nods her head before making her order. When that’s done, she turns and faces me. Giving me

her full attention.

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“So tell me, how did your date with Ethan go?”

being honest, Letty has come to mean a lot to me in the short time we’ve known each other. She is the best friend I never knew I needed. The one I never got to have in high school because I was too obsessed with getting

well” I tell her

a grin takes over. “Tell me

at this fancy restaurant and then he took me out for ice

was written all over

like nothing else I said to her registered. All she wanted

wanted to, but he didn’t. I don’t know whether I am still disappointed by

“Why?”

to be kissed by someone who actually wants me, but the other part was glad he didn’t

ready for that yet”

and just stares at me. I see the

I just told

me that Rowan has never kissed you?”

he meant it. I saw him kiss

the taste of her lips on

take a breath. “He has never

I don’t want her to see my shame.

hidden the broken pieces of my marriage to Rowan in

know just how much

like that last Friday” that same

was just a fluke. It didn’t mean anything. Besides it

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That my husband found me so unattractive that he didn’t even want to kiss me. Even when we

is going to end in the next minute” Letty’s words pull me out of my head. She has my

at her and sigh in relief. She wasn’t looking at me with pity or sympathy That was the last thing I needed from

apart from that, everything else

I did see Rowan and Emma though Looked like they were out on

“You’re serious?”

a sip of my drink Trying to forget how perfect they looked

right. She and Rowan just made sense Everyone saw it then and finally

to see it now,

saw how freaking gorgeous you were and I

beauty”

good for my ego For once there was another

was Finally, someone who wasn’t comparing me to my

beauty in my

else

I shake

about Rowan’s visit, but I stop myself. Don’t get me wrong. I

people slip up and say things

ever finding out that Rowan came to my

of all, that

our conversation flows easily, but I noticed that something was eating

her.