Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

47. That night

Rowan

“What the hell happened to you?” Gabe asks looking at the ice pack that was plastered to my face.

“Ethan” I just grunt. Not in the mood to deal with my brother.

Fuck! I still can’t believe that I got into a fight with the fucking idiot. I was just so pissed and I let

his words get to me.

“The cop?” He asks curiously. “Ava’s new man?”

At that I blow. I take the ice pack and throw it against the wall.

“He’s not her fucking man” I snap standing up.

My emotions were raw and close to the surface. I still don’t understand why Ava can’t see that the

fucker is a fraud.

I haven’t been able to get anything deeper about him. The reports paint him as an okay guy.

Nothing out of the ordinary, but my gut tell me otherwise. There was just something about him

that rubbed me wrong. Something that he was hiding. My gut has never been wrong before.

“From what I hear, he is…what happened?”

I take a deep breath, trying to cool down the fire burning inside me.

“We were helping Ava move furniture into her new house and he told me to back off. Said that she

was his and he wasn’t going to allow me to ruin things” I admit finally.

Gabe stares at me like he can’t believe what I just said. Like I was trying to figure out what the

hell was wrong with me.

“Seriously? That’s what made you get into a fight with him”

“Yes!”

He sighs before sitting down. “In case you haven’t noticed, she’s no longer your wife and given that

he is dating her, he has every reason to ask you to back off. Isn’t that the same thing you asked of

when you

my hand in frustration. Why is it that no

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just something about the man that isn’t fucking

none of you see

surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis did nothing. Then

Ava made googly eyes at

couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet she let him into her life without

question anything.

are you talking about?” he asks

just couldn’t sit

it, but there is just something

feel

make any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

nothing for a while and when he does, I feel like

it be that you’re jealous

“Why the hell would I be jealous of

for Ava, remember?”

was absurd. I could never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She

looking

were married to her for nine fucking years, it’s hard to stay with

them. Especially someone

shock, before shaking my

her because of

that. That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings for

lost his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay married

change the fact

pulled to get me to sleep with her.

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me why you feel so strongly about

already fucking told you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other

fishy with that cop”

were going round in circles and it was only making

he doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid notion that

feelings for Ava and that I’m

was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said

“That’s impossible”

all wanted you with Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After

easier to blame the girl who had been obsessed with you for

both of you had made a

at him quietly, I stand frozen.

his phone and

doing?”