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

in frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No one realized the truth?

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“There is just something about the man

none of you see that?”

surface. I was almost losing it. First

googly eyes at

thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet she let

question anything.

are you talking about?” he

couldn’t sit down with

don’t know how to fucking explain it, but there is just something I don’t

doesn’t feel right with

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

investigating him.

while and when he does,

that you’re jealous

hell would I

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She

I’m looking

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

towards them. Especially someone who isn’t truly

shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way that

stayed married to her because of Noah. My heart always belonged to Emma and

I couldn’t

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

Nine years couldn’t change

not after the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep with

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me why you feel so strongly about

told you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other man, but

fishy with that cop”

going round in circles and it was only making

doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid notion

feelings for Ava and that I’m

the 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 except for Ava. After what happened,

girl who had been obsessed with

of you had made

at him quietly, I stand frozen. What the

his phone

doing?” I question him