Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

39. Underneath the surface

“What?” Emma whispers besides me in shock

The whole room is quiet. Everyone is completely surprised. No one saw this coming. No one

imagined that Ava would be the founder of such a large organization.

Hell, I was married to the woman and I had no clue That leaves a lot to be fucking said about me if

I didn’t know this about Ava

‘Did you know this?” Gabe asks, eyes and mouth wide.

“No” I growl pissed that I had missed such a thing.

I watch as she pushes back her chair She stands up and Ethan stands up with her while offering

her his hand with a smile she places her hand on his and he walks her towards the stage. I

clench my jaw when he places his hand on her exposed back when he helps her up the stairs.

Once she’s there, he steps down. She gives Mary a hug before she steps up to the podium

She smiles before clearing her throat

“Hi” she chuckles nervously “For some reason it’s easier for me to address a room full of rowdy

teenagers than a room full of adults”

This earns her a couple of smiles and laughs from people.

I don’t think there is anyone here who doesn’t know me and it there is, my name is Ava Sharp

Like Mary said, the reason we are here today is to celebrate all of you for your continued help in Hope Foundation Being a teacher, you see a lot of things at school Kids with bruises inflicted by abusive patents, kids going hungry because they don’t have lunch money, kids with tattered

clothes and shoes because their parents are so poor that even coming to school is a luxury and

kids who are homeless and live on the streets” she says, hei voice captivating her audience

seen the elites pay this

go through such hardships broke my heart, so I started helping the best way i could fetarted with one boy in my class, then another, and another Behere kurmit I hat mote dono dozen children t

haven for thein A place where

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all ranging from a few months old

they can still make it. To back them up as they

for more blessings upon

away from the podium.

of the room as people stand up to

all for

Who would have thought that there was so much

underneath her surface?

my wildest dream did I imagine that she was the founder

but Ava was talking to some kids who had been waiting for her. One of them was a

the shocked look

still hard to grasp. It was like she had this whole secret life that I never knew about. I never miss a thing, yet I completely missed this whole

on the seat that Christine had exited. I turn to glare at them only to find Mary

me, I’m just exhausted, you’re Ava’s family right?” she

up her tablet and begins typing something on

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“Isn’t that Caleb Kingstone of Kingstone technologies? What’s he doing

Does he know

was directed. It was on the young man with

familiar

business world. At only twenty, he was already a success story. His techs were increasingly popular and he had earned himself a spot at the big boys

have been worried about him taking my number one spot as the top entrepreneur in the country. The boy was giving a lot of the other business men a run for

money.

him under her wings. She’s the one who noted that he’s a tech genius. She encouraged him to start something with his talent. When he came up with the idea of having his own company, Ava backed him up. She gave him the startup capital he needed. No one believed in him back then, except for Ava. Now his company is fast growing and it’s earning him millions. As a thank you to Ava, he gave her shares in Kingstone technologies. Ava

at her. Each of us trying to absorb what she just told

by snorting. “So in other words you’re saying she’s

had enough of

you stop with the fucking snide remarks” I growl,

at them. Emma looks at me like she’s never seen me before, but I was just so fucking sick and tired of her venomous

in a sneer. “Ava doesn’t need anyone to make ber rich,

you talking