Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 52

  1. A girl named Nora.

Ava

“Fuck” ine grunted shout makes me open my eyes.

Ethan was holding his shoulder, which was bleeding

“Drop the fucking gun Ethan or I swear I’ll blow your brains off” Rowan’s angry voice penetrates

my foggy brain.

He’s the last person I want to see right now. Mainly because I’m ashamed. He tried warning me,

but I didn’t fucking listen to him.

“I have the whole building surrounded, Ethan. You’re outnumbered” Rowans adds.

Just then I hear police sirens and sigh in relief.

Ethan lowers his gun, before putting it on the ground. His eyes are locked with mine. I want to

pull them away, but I can’t. I want to be reminded of what a fool I’ve been this whole time.

“Ava, darling look at me” his voice pulls me from Ethan’s cold gaze. It’s only then that I realize

that Rowan was standing in front of me. 2

Seeing his face up close brings tears to my eyes. The last words he said to me two months ago still

rings in my head.

I keep my eyes on him as he unlocks the chains. He was my anchor right now. Maybe if I focus on

him, I won’t drown in the treacherous water of pain.

“I got you” he whispers softly, his voice full of kindness.

The moment I’m free, I collapse in his arms. So worn out that I’m unable to hold myself up.

He hugs me to him and I have to fight back the tears that threaten to fall. My eyes collide once

again with Ethan. He was on the ground and the police were cuffing him. His wound was bleeding,

but no one seemed to care.

I watch as they take him away. My heart breaking at the loss of a future I thought we had together.

“Are you hurt?” Rowan asks me, pulling me away from his warmth.

I felt so cold now. So chilled. I not only felt the coldness on my skin, but it seeped into my

“Ava?”

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I shake my head at his question. My mouth refusing to work. Refusing to say a single word Maybe if I just pretended, everything will go away. Maybe I’ll wake up and realize it was all just a terrible.

dream

Nothing registers in my mind. I see Rowan’s mouth moving but I can’t hear a thing. I see Travis

walking with a shocked Letty and Gabe walking in with some of the cops. It still doesn’t register.

Nothing does.

I was numb. Or maybe I was beyond numb. I was completely broken.

Why did he do this to me? Why go through all the trouble to get to know me if he was always

planning to kill me? It didn’t make any sense at all.

The more I thought about it. About us. The more I died inside.

I felt us moving. Rowan’s hand around my waist. Supporting me. I was so lost in my head and my

pain that I didn’t realize we were even in a car until we hit a bump in the road.

The car ride didn’t take long. We were soon parking outside the police station.

Brian greeted us and led us inside to take our statements. I don’t remember all the things I said or

how long I had zoned out.

shakes

were in a white room. It wasn’t just us, Travis,

even Emma

around her head. I touch my own and find one too. I didn’t

it

ambulance at the warehouse. They checked you and

seemed fine“. Rowan said as

here?” I ask,

thing I needed

all just look at me in sympathy. I look at

ask all of them to leave, when the door

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Ethan

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still handcuffed, and his shoulder was bandaged. At

longer bleeding.

he is. Maybe he can tell you

our entire department” Brian

said anything?“Travis asks, pulling Letty

she must be feeling. I introduced her to Ethan, and we even hung out all three of

times. She must also feel betrayed

refuses to say a thing”

turn to face Ethan only to find him staring intently at me. His emotionless gaze sucked

right away.

did you do this to me, Ethan?”

cold gaze burned me. Gave me frostbite. I

switch for

off when he wanted it? Or did none of it exist? If that’s so then he was one hell

wanted the company.” He

was shocked that he had actually answered. I didn’t expect

shock is pushed back as what he said, registers.

“What company?” I ask

a Company. I invested in Companies, but I

I had was Hope Foundation, and I don’t

organization for helping children.

I push when he

needed to know what made him play me like that. What was

such a hurtful stunt.

grandparent’s company…I worked so hard for it, so it’s only fair that

said leaving

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any sense.” I laugh humorlessly. “You did that for a company that I have no nights to If you wanted

in his name”

but I don’t care. Everyone knows that my grandparents

dime. I didn’t even have shares in the family company like Emma

proceeding to unleash chaos. “I’m not talking

your real

are you talking about?” Travis booms. “Don’t listen to him, Ava. It’s

bullshit”

not agreeing with

not bullshit. I’m telling the fucking truth” Ethan grits out before turning

never felt that they aren’t your family.

truly a Sharp”

doubted it so many times that I

DNA test.

way my parents and grandparents treated me since I was a

Emma. I was always an afterthought. No one important to them. My

always

buy Travis and Emma toys and treats when they came to visit. I

got nothing but coldness and indifference from

made me

because deep inside you know the truth.

family. That’s why you never felt like one of them” Ethan concludes when

anything.

of them to see the truth in

for

us as your family?” Travis asks in a

that surprise you?” I fire back. “I was never treated as part of

one looking in at the happy family while

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please, save us the pity party you

is she even doing here?”

look at him before

Brian says as if it

smoking, but no one in

I would prefer if they left, especially

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