Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

28. Lucky woman

Anonymous POV.

I am pissed off. That is an understatement. I am beyond pissed off, I was downright furious. Once

again she managed to escape me. Once again she survived when she was supposed to be dead.

“Tell me how the hell she’s still alive?” I ask Ben.

“I swear I almost had her this time, I was this close to ending her but her bastard bodyguard

arrived and saved her” he muttered.

Did the guy think that I was stupid? That I didn’t know what the hell happened. I have gotten

nothing but excuses from him since this whole operation started. Three times he failed to deliver her dead body. The only thing that was positive about this, is that I haven’t paid him yet. Imagine

if I had paid him and yet he hasn’t delivered.

He was going to get half a million dollars if he got the job done. That money should have

motivated him enough to do his job and finish it within the time limit we agreed.

I take a swig of my whisky. Frustration clawing at me.

“Really? You almost had her, is that the reason why you are bleeding?” I clipped feeling angrier

every minute I talked to the idiot.

“I promise I’ll get her next time. She won’t escape me again” he speaks, his eyes cast to the floor.

“She’s already escaped you thrice!” I boomed, feeling the need to end is pathetic life.

He doesn’t speak. Instead he continues staring at the ground like it was interesting.

He had set me back big time. This job was supposed to be done months ago and yet here we still

are, with Ava alive and breathing.

told he was good at his job. That he would be able to deliver.

nothing from him except for empty

you’re unable to kill one fucking woman? How hard could it

escape death thrice? The third time is supposed to be the charm and yet she was still not dead. A bit banged

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frustration written all over his face. “Killing someone has never been this hard, I usually get

was supposed to be easy. She was in my way. The only thing that was standing between me and what I wanted. I had hatched this plan the moment I

I wanted I needed her gone.

last thing I needed was to have cops on my back after I went through all that trouble to get her out of my way. An opportunity to cover my tracks presented itself in the form of Reapers‘

that it was all a

would be after Ben and then me. I didn’t go through all this trouble just to

end.

throwing my glass and smashing it against

Right now I was supposed to be enjoying the fruits of my labor.

was not anywhere close to my

away from

last chance”

sneer, “So you can fail again?

seem to want to

it seems there is someone above looking after her. It’s not normal

to survive three attempts on their life unless there is

ever met. Her luck was starting to

always get what I want, but

see you do better”

anger reaches

it in his direction. He doesn’t get a chance to duck. The bottle

on

down his eye. His pain

you want to repeat what

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teeth. Looking at me

how

her out quickly. I’ve already wasted enough

more to myself.

wasn’t for the fact that I needed her dead for my plan to work, I

I tried

caught. That can’t happen, because it means losing everything I’ve worked

that she isn’t easy to kill.

and she is receiving protection from her billionaire husband,