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.

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

from him except for

that you’re unable to kill one fucking woman? How

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

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“Killing someone has never been this hard, I usually get the job done on the

thing that was

what I wanted I needed her gone.

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

discovered that it was all a ploy.

I didn’t go through all this

end.

glass and smashing it against the

Right now I was supposed

was not anywhere close to my goals. In fact it

away

me one last chance” he

you can fail

death doesn’t seem to want to claim her? I don’t believe in

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

attempts on their life unless there is divine

Her luck was starting to get on my nerves. I’ve

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

you do better” he scoffs, interrupting

mock me like that, my anger reaches its

on, I throw it in his direction. He doesn’t get a chance to duck. The bottle of whiskey

straight on

when I see blood trickle down his eye. His pain eases my anger

repeat what you

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mouth and clenches his teeth. Looking at me

how to keep his mouth

her out quickly. I’ve already wasted

more to myself.

dead for my plan to work, I wouldn’t have bothered.

trouble and I was afraid that the more I tried killing

it means

easy to kill. If we add the fact

she is receiving protection from her billionaire husband, then it