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

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

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I seethed. “There is just something about

none of you see

burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I

Ava made googly eyes at each

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

question anything.

about?” he asks giving me his whole

sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

don’t know how to fucking explain it, but there is just something I don’t like

doesn’t feel right

make any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s

investigating him.

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

be that you’re jealous

I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

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

and I’m looking after him.

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

develop any feelings towards them. Especially

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

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

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

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

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

to get me to

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me why you feel so strongly

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

fishy with that cop”

circles and it was only

he doesn’t. Instead

feelings for Ava and

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

“That’s impossible”

wanted you with Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After

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

both of you had

I stand frozen. What

out his phone and dials a

you doing?” I question