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

my hand in frustration. Why is it that no one saw

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seethed. “There is just something

none of you see that?”

pacing 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 had

googly eyes at each

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

question anything.

about?” he asks

couldn’t sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

but there is just something I don’t like

feel

sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why I have my

investigating him.

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

it be that you’re jealous

I be jealous of him? I don’t have any

for Ava, remember?”

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

and I’m looking

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

develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t

at him in shock, before shaking my head.

her. I stayed married to her because of Noah. My heart

the reason I couldn’t

lost his fucking mind. It’s not

change the fact that I wasn’t Ava

the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep with

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why you feel so strongly about her dating Ethan?”

cared if she dated any other man, but something

fishy with that cop”

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

Instead he has this stupid notion that I’m

I have feelings for Ava

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

“That’s impossible”

Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After what

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

both of you had made

stand frozen. What the

takes out his phone and

are you doing?” I question