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.

was good at his job. That

nothing from him

fucking woman? How hard could

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

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

in my way. The only thing that was standing between me and what

what I wanted I needed her gone.

look an accident. The 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

though, they had discovered that it was all a ploy. That the Reapers‘ weren’t involved

me. I didn’t go

end.

my glass and smashing it against

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

be living the life, but instead I was not anywhere close to my

galaxies away

one last chance” he

“So you can fail again?

about the Ava that death doesn’t seem to want to

of things it seems there is someone above looking after her. It’s

attempts on their life unless there

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

I want, but Ava’s death is proving to

like to see you do better” he

like that, my anger reaches its limit. Grabbing whatever I

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

straight on

trickle down his eye. His pain eases my anger just

want to repeat what you

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Looking at me with unconcealed anger, he

At least he knows how

a way to take her out quickly. I’ve already wasted enough time on her” I

more to myself.

it wasn’t for the fact that I needed her dead for my

I was afraid that the more I

it means

isn’t easy to kill. If

and she is receiving protection from her billionaire