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.

his job. That

him except for

to kill one fucking woman?

third time is supposed to be

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don’t fucking know” he snarls, frustration written all over his face. “Killing someone has never been this hard, I usually get

The only thing that was standing between me and what

wanted I needed her gone.

wanted to make it 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.

all a ploy. That the

then me. I didn’t go through all

end.

my glass and smashing it against

now I was supposed to be enjoying the fruits of my

but instead I was not anywhere

galaxies away

last chance” he

“So you can fail again?

to want to claim her? I don’t

there is someone above looking after her.

attempts on their life unless there is

the luckiest bitch I’ve ever met. Her luck was starting to get on my

I want, but Ava’s death is proving to

do better” he scoffs, interrupting my

that, my anger reaches its

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

on

his eye. His pain eases my anger

you want to repeat what you

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his teeth. Looking at me with

At least he knows how to

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

more to myself.

I needed her dead for my plan to work,

and I was afraid that the more I tried killing her and she

That can’t happen, because it means losing everything

has already proved that she isn’t easy to kill. If

her billionaire husband,