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

no one saw what I saw. No

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seethed. “There is just something about the man

of you

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 to watch while

googly eyes at

was so taken by him. So enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most

question anything.

talking about?” he asks giving me his whole

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

explain it, but there is

doesn’t feel right

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

investigating him.

for a while and when he does, I feel like punching the crap out of

be that you’re jealous

bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of him?

for Ava, remember?”

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

looking

fucking years, it’s hard to stay with

not develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone who

shaking my

stayed married to her because of Noah. My

that. That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings

fucking mind. It’s not

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

not after the stunt she pulled to

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you feel so strongly about her

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

fishy with that cop”

were going round in circles and it was only

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

feelings for Ava and that

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

“That’s impossible”

Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After

easier to blame the girl

accept that both of you had made a

quietly, I stand frozen. What

takes out his phone

are you doing?” I question him