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

frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No

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“There is just something about the man that isn’t fucking right. Why

of you see

it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis did nothing. Then I had

made googly eyes

him. So enthralled that she 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

question anything.

talking about?” he

sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

it, but there is just something I don’t

doesn’t feel right with

sense, but I can’t ignore the

investigating him.

a while and when he does, I feel like punching the crap

be that you’re jealous of

bellow. “Why the hell would I be

for Ava, remember?”

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

I’m looking after him.

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

any feelings towards them.

him in shock, before shaking my head. “There’s no

stayed married to her because of Noah. My

that. That’s the reason I couldn’t develop

lost his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for

change the fact that I wasn’t Ava

after the stunt she pulled to get me to

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me why you feel so strongly about

wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other man, but

fishy with that cop”

only making me more pissed. I

he doesn’t. Instead

have feelings for Ava and

first to admit that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said she was drunk? What if she

“That’s impossible”

wanted you with Emma. We’ll

blame the girl who had been obsessed with you

you had made a

stand frozen. What the fuck had

he takes out his phone and dials a

are you doing?” I question