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

you started dating

my hand in frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I

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something about the

you see that?”

start pacing my home office. My fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis did nothing. Then I

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

question anything.

he asks

just couldn’t sit down

it, but there is just something I don’t like

feel right

any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why I have my

investigating him.

when he does, I feel like punching the crap

be that

fuck I am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I

for Ava, remember?”

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

looking after him.

to her for nine fucking years,

not develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t

shock, before shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way that I

to her because of

I couldn’t develop any feelings for

had completely lost his fucking mind. It’s not unusual

change the fact that I wasn’t Ava

not after the stunt she pulled to

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you feel so strongly about

if she dated any other man, but

fishy with that cop”

in circles and it was only making me more pissed. I thought at least

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

for Ava and that I’m

ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what

“That’s impossible”

wanted you with Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After what happened,

girl who

of you had made

him quietly, I stand frozen. What

he takes out his phone

you doing?” I question