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

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that” I seethed. “There is just something

none of 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.

googly eyes at each

So enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her?

question anything.

about?” he

pacing. I just couldn’t sit down with

how to fucking explain it, but there

doesn’t feel

I can’t ignore the

investigating him.

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

it be that you’re jealous

I am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of him?

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it comes

looking after him.

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

feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t truly

shaking my head. “There’s no

married to her because of Noah. My heart always

reason I couldn’t develop any

mind. It’s not unusual for people to

don’t love each other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact that

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you feel so strongly about her

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

fishy with that cop”

in circles and it was only

understand but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has this

have feelings for Ava and that

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 was

“That’s impossible”

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

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

that both of you had made a mistake”

at him quietly, I stand frozen.

as he takes out his phone and dials

you doing?” I question him