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

that no one saw what I saw. No one realized the truth?

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

you

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

googly eyes at

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

question anything.

are you talking about?” he

I just couldn’t sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

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

doesn’t feel

can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why

investigating him.

and when he does, I feel like

that you’re jealous

hell would I be

for Ava, remember?”

I could never be jealous

I’m looking after

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

any feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t truly

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

that. That’s the reason I

mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay

years couldn’t change the fact that I

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me why you feel so strongly about

have cared if she

fishy with that cop”

going round in circles and it was only making me more pissed.

he doesn’t. Instead he has

I have feelings for Ava and

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?

“That’s impossible”

it? We all wanted you with Emma. We’ll except for

blame. It was easier to blame the girl who had been obsessed

accept that both of you had made a

quietly, I stand frozen.

out his phone and dials

doing?” I question him