Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

53. Not siblings

I sit next to Rowan frozen. My mind unable to comprehend what Ethan just told me. First of all

James and Kate Sharp weren’t my parents. Second, he claimed to be my brother.

“What?” I scream as the impact of his words finally sink in. “You slept with me knowing you’re my brother? That’s fucking disgusting“. <

“You slept with him? Why would you sleep with him?” Rowan boom, a dangerous aura filling the

room. Suffocating the atmosphere around us.

I give him a withering look. “That’s none of your business“.

My thoughts were occupied with Ethan’s revelation. If what he said was the truth, then it meant I

had S** with my brother, and he had S** with me knowing the truth.

I felt bile rising up at that thought. Feeling utterly disgusted. What kind of a sick bastard does

that? Why would you sleep with someone knowing very well that you were blood related?

The more I got to know about Ethan, the more I wondered if he had been acting all along.

“You aren’t my sister” Ethan speaks up.

“But you just said that Nora and Theo are your parents” I point out.

“I told you I was adapted. That part was true. They did adapt me after my father was killed. We

aren’t blood related, so we didn’t commit incest.” He smirks then winks “I can however say, I loved

it every time you screamed my name”

I am mortified. My cheeks turn pink, and I look down.

Even if we weren’t blood related, it didn’t make what he did right. If he’s telling the truth then he

shouldn’t have slept with me at all.

I feel Rowan tense beside me, but I ignore him. It didn’t make sense why his hands were fisted and

his jaw clenched.

Brian clears his throat. The sound cuts through the tense and awkward atmosphere.

“If you said Nora’s baby died, why then are you claiming Ava is that baby?” Brian asks, bringing me back to the present.,

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“Yeah it makes no sense Gabe adds

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It was true. There is no way Nora and Theo are my parents. If the doctors told them that the baby

died then that’s probably true. Besides, he did say that the baby wasn’t responsive after birth, and

Nora witnessed this herself before she passed cut

“That’s what they she believed. She even held a small ceremony and buried the baby. It was

months of heartache for the two of them, especially Nora. She fell into depression and had to be

a psychiatric facility

after that news. It’s like she lost the will to live and wanted

the grave. Years passed and still she was struggling. Her grades dropped and

classes. Theo was with her throughout, but

the gurl he loved

don’t know the woman, but I was a mother, and I knew how painful it would be for

of anticipating the arrival of your

It would have

and support of Theo and

married when they were twenty two. Everything

were dashed when she was told

failed to tell her that the difficulties of her labour

caused permanent

broke

me. They gave me everything including

his parents.

these?” Rowan asks, his eyes glaring

I came to know that they had been looking into

out they believed

out to be nothing. It was around that time I came

had a hidden clause in their will. One that Theo didn’t know about.

their company was left to their granddaughter in the event

The family lawyer knew about their search and

“I couldn’t allow that. I had worked for that

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and imagine my shock when I found out that they were right. There was foul play.

the doctors and nurses to fake everything, including the death

Listening to him as everything

if their congregation found out that

it was easy to hide ‘the sin‘

never left Theo’s estate, but once the baby was

they paid to have the death of their granddaughter faked

up

take you out. If

here and after asking about you, I got a whole

and family, I thought I would be doing them

woman who would steal and

good for

that. I still can’t believe that same man that assured me

years ago wasn’t my fault, is the same man that thought

to live.

in through the pain, but it’s fucking

first attempt on your life wasn’t on me, but I took the

get close to you and I took it. What better way than to be a hero to get you to trust me.

opened your door to

so much. To know he played me from the beginning and I was too blind to see

tears me apart.

would you need to get close to me if you had already hired goons to kill me?” I

to. Why get to

be fun to toy around with you

me. Besides that, getting to know was my my plan B. In case those I hired failed, then it

was close to you.”

like

the while he was planning to

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to know you then destroy you. I didn’t count on he stops

eyes roaming the

the first time since we found the truth, something passes in his eyes Guilt? Love? I can’t tell because it

to know what he stopped himself from saying, but I’m too much of a coward

in light of everything he has