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

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just something

you see

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

Ava made googly eyes

What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet she let him into her life

question anything.

are you talking about?” he asks giving me his whole

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

but there is

doesn’t feel right

sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

does, I feel like punching

be that you’re

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

for Ava, remember?”

never be jealous when it comes to Ava.

looking after

married to her for nine fucking years,

them.

shaking my head. “There’s no fucking

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

the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings

fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay married even

Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I wasn’t

stunt she pulled to get

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why you feel so strongly about her dating

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

fishy with that cop”

in circles and it was only making me more pissed. I thought at

looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has

I have feelings for Ava and that I’m

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”

We all wanted you with Emma. We’ll except

girl who had been

accept that both of you had

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

as he takes out his phone and dials a

are you doing?” I question