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

hand in frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No one

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something about the man that isn’t fucking

none of you

fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis

googly

taken 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 life without

question anything.

talking about?” he asks

couldn’t sit down

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

doesn’t feel right with

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

investigating him.

while and when he does, I feel

be that you’re jealous

the hell would I be jealous of him? I

for Ava, remember?”

never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She

looking after him. That’s

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

not develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t

shock, before shaking my head. “There’s

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

the reason I couldn’t develop

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

other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact that

not after the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep

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so

already fucking told you! I wouldn’t have cared if she

fishy with that cop”

only making me more pissed. I

doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid

have feelings for Ava and

treated her horribly for it, but what if

“That’s impossible”

with Emma. We’ll

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

of you had made

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

out his phone and

you doing?” I question him