Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

36. His remedy

Present day.

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“So you see, they have a reason to hate me…I ruined their love” I mutter as tears fill my eyes.

It’s always painful for me to go down memory lane. I was naïve and foolish. Thinking that I could

ake him love me after I literally ruined his life. Nine years later and I’m still paying the price for

loving Rowan Woods.

“It wasn’t your fault?” Ethan asks me, his fingers slowly caressing mine.

“It was. I let my obsession with him take center stage and because of that I made the biggest

mistake of my life” the tears fall freely now.

If only I could go back in time. If only I could change things. I’ve lived my life in regret. I wish I

had listened to that nagging voice in my head. I wish I had payed attention to it instead of

ignoring it. It would have saved me from so much heartache and pain.

Hell, I wish I had realized earlier that I was pregnant. I could have escaped earlier. I would have

left and never told Rowan that I was pregnant with his child. No one would have been the wiser. I know it sounds downright evil but looking back now it would have saved Noah from seeing Rowan

I fight all

have gone to a place where no one knew me. A place so far away from my family and

would have just been fine

“Ava?”

a response. I had gotten lost in thought

You were also drunk, so if they were blaming you, they should have blamed him too” he gives

him with

me?” I ask

that I was drunk. They all thought I was malicious and I took advantage

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his blue eyes seer

I wasn’t drunk at all, that sometimes I believe that’s exactly what

I took advantage of his drunken state that sometimes I doubt

that my memory is faulty.

punishing me for wanting and sleeping with a man that didn’t

forcing their truth and beliefs down your throat. That’s what happened with me. Soon

heart aches when I think of everything they put me through, Rowan especially. That a man you love

would never regret my son. He was the one that saved. He was anchor during the times when I wanted to end it all. During the times when I felt so

it. I knew that Rowan would take good care of him. He

was weak. Most especially I didn’t want Emma as his step mother. I knew Rowan would get back together with her and I was afraid

I’m glad that I had chosen to stay strong I wasn’t

drunk so no one was to blame. You parents should have been ashamed for placing the entire blame on an eighteen year

one that sought

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you weren’t supposed to be drinking” he pulls his hand from mine and runs it through his hair. “The more I know about Rowan and your family, the more I dislike them” he says more

say anything. After all, I was beginning to hate

then

we going?”

stay a little bit longer. I didn’t want to go to

like seeing you trying

pulling me across the dance floor and out of the bar. I shiver from the chill. He removes his leather jacket and gets