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.

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

nothing from him except for

that you’re unable to kill one fucking

been wondering. How lucky can one be to escape death thrice? The third time is supposed to be the charm and yet she was

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

pacing in agitation. This 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 wanted

my back after I went through all that trouble to get her out of my way. An opportunity to cover my

though, they had discovered that it was all a ploy. That the Reapers‘

Ben and then me. I didn’t go through all

end.

my glass and smashing it against the

was running out of time. Right now I was supposed to be enjoying the

I was not anywhere close to

away from

last chance”

“So you can fail

it about the Ava that death doesn’t seem to want to claim her? I don’t

there is

to survive three attempts on their life unless there is

ever met. Her luck was starting to

what I want, but Ava’s death is proving to

you do better” he scoffs,

anger reaches its

in his direction. He doesn’t

on his

blood trickle down his eye. His pain eases my anger just

want to repeat what you just

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his teeth. Looking at me with unconcealed anger, he

At least he knows how

has to be a way to take her out quickly. I’ve already wasted enough time

more to myself.

dead for my plan to work, I

the more I tried killing her and she survived, the more I

can’t happen, because it means

proved that she isn’t easy to kill.

is receiving protection from her billionaire husband, then it