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

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

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

of you

pacing my home office. My fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma

made googly eyes

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

question anything.

are you talking about?” he asks

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

to fucking explain it, but there is just something

feel right

I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s

investigating him.

says nothing for a while and when he does, I feel like punching the crap

be that you’re

would I be

for Ava, remember?”

be jealous when it comes

looking

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

feelings towards them. Especially someone who

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

stayed married to her because of Noah. My heart always

the reason I couldn’t develop any

It’s not unusual for people to stay married

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

after the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep

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to me why you feel so strongly about her dating Ethan?” he

told you! I wouldn’t have cared if

fishy with that cop”

and it was only making me more pissed. I

doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid notion

feelings for Ava and that I’m

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

“That’s impossible”

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

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

that both of you had made a mistake”

quietly, I stand frozen. What the fuck had

watch as he takes out his phone and dials a phone

are you doing?” I