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 started

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

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I seethed. “There is just something about

of you see

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

made googly eyes

by 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

question anything.

you talking about?” he asks giving me his whole

just couldn’t sit down

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

feel right with

sense, but I can’t ignore

investigating him.

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

that you’re jealous of

hell would I be jealous of

for Ava, remember?”

he was saying was absurd. I could never be jealous when

looking

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

develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone

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

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

reason I

not unusual for people to

Nine years couldn’t change the fact

not after the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep

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so strongly

have cared if she dated

fishy with that cop”

round in circles and it was only making me

looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid

have feelings for Ava

that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying

“That’s impossible”

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

the girl who had been

you had made a

I stand frozen. What the fuck

watch as he takes out his phone and dials a

you doing?” I question