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?”

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

well” I tell

up and a grin takes over. “Tell me

Letty. We went to dinner at this fancy restaurant and then he

excitement was written all over

that. It’s like nothing else I said to her registered.

but he didn’t. I

“Why?”

part of me wanted him to do it, just to know how it feels to be kissed by someone who

ready for that yet”

at me. I see the wheels in her mind

just told

that Rowan has never kissed you?” she asks, a

he meant it. I saw him kiss Emma when we were younger. It

over the taste of her lips on his. Like he could do it over

“He

her eyes because I don’t want her to see my shame. This is the first time I’m

my marriage to Rowan in my heart

just how much his actions destroyed

last

didn’t mean anything. Besides it can’t erase all the times I

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and that always hurt me like you wouldn’t believe That my husband found me so unattractive that he didn’t even want

in the next minute” Letty’s words pull me out of my head. She has my hand

relief. She wasn’t looking at me with pity or sympathy That was the last thing I

everything

and Emma though Looked like they were out

“You’re serious?”

a sip of my drink Trying to forget how perfect

She and Rowan just made sense Everyone saw it

to see it now,

I hope he saw how freaking gorgeous you were and I hope it sinks in that he let go of

beauty”

Letty was good for my ego For once there was another human being

Finally, someone who

her beauty

Nothing else interesting happened?” she

I shake

tell her about Rowan’s visit, but I stop myself.

slip up and say things they aren’t supposed to

Emma ever finding out that Rowan came to

of all, that he

settle after that and our conversation flows easily, but I noticed that

her.