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 dating

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

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just something about the man that isn’t

none of you see that?”

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

made googly eyes at

that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. 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

sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

it, but

doesn’t feel right with

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

investigating him.

does, I feel like

that

the hell would I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

saying was absurd. I could never be jealous when

I’m looking after him.

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

towards them. Especially

shock, before shaking my

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

That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any

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

change the fact

after the stunt she pulled to get

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why you feel so

cared if she dated any other man,

fishy with that cop”

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

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has this

have feelings for Ava

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

“That’s impossible”

with Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After what

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

that both of you had

I stand frozen. What

watch as he takes out his phone and

doing?” I question