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

that no one saw

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that” I seethed. “There is just something about

none of you

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

made googly eyes

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.

you talking about?” he

just couldn’t sit down with all the fucking

explain it, but

feel right with

can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

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

it be that you’re jealous

I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

I could never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She is my

looking after him.

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

them. Especially someone who

stare at him in shock, before shaking my head.

because of

That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings for

fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to

other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I

the stunt she pulled to

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so strongly about her dating Ethan?”

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

fishy with that cop”

circles and it was only making me

Instead he has this stupid notion that

have feelings for Ava and

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? What if she was

“That’s impossible”

with Emma. We’ll except

girl who had been obsessed with

that both of you had made

I stand frozen.

watch as he takes out his

are you doing?” I question