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 started

hand in frustration. Why is it that no one

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seethed. “There is just something about the man that isn’t

none of you see that?”

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

Ava made googly eyes at each

the hell was

question anything.

about?” he asks giving me

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

know how to fucking explain it, but there is just something I

feel right

but I can’t ignore

investigating him.

nothing for a while and when he does, I

it be that

bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of him? I don’t have any

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when

looking

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

feelings towards them. Especially someone who

at him in shock, before shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way that I

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

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

fucking mind. It’s not unusual for

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

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to me why you feel so

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

fishy with that cop”

circles and it was only making me more pissed.

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

feelings for Ava and

ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said she

“That’s impossible”

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

girl who had been obsessed with you

accept that both of you had made a

at him quietly, I stand frozen. What the fuck had gotten into

his phone and

doing?” I question him