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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just something about the man that isn’t fucking right.

you see

losing it. First I hear that

googly

so taken by him. So enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was

question anything.

about?” he asks giving

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

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

doesn’t feel right

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

investigating him.

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

be that you’re jealous of

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

for Ava, remember?”

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

and I’m looking after him.

fucking years, it’s hard to stay

any feelings towards them. Especially

my head. “There’s no fucking

of Noah.

the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings for

It’s not unusual for

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

the stunt she pulled to get me to

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

you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any

fishy with that cop”

were going round in circles and it was only making me more

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

I have feelings for Ava and that

first to admit that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what

“That’s impossible”

you with Emma. We’ll except for

It was easier to blame the girl who had

that both of you had

him quietly, I stand frozen. What the fuck

his phone and

are you doing?” I question