Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

70. A kindred Spirit

Today was a chilled day. I didn’t have much to do. Noah was already at school, and I was here at

home just relaxing.

After my mental breakdown, I decided to take some much needed break from work. My students

weren’t happy about it, but they understood that I hadn’t been myself the last couple of weeks.

I planned to resume after I give birth. My focus now was my kids and the Hope Foundation.

I’m still trying to come to terms with all that happened these past few weeks. Including

everyone’s change in behaviour.

The only one who seemed to be consistent with her hateful personality was Emma. The rest seem

to have had an overnight change of heart.

Instead of focusing on those thoughts. I push them away and pick up my phone and dial mom’s

number. She picks up on the first ring.

“Hey mom” I greet her. I wasn’t completely used to calling her that, but I was slowly getting there.

“Ava!” She screams through the phone, always excited to hear from me. “Theo, my love, our

darling daughter is on the phone“.

I hear shuffling before a sort of echo fills the phone. I just know that she’s put me on loudspeaker.

“Hey dad” I greet him too.

Their love honestly fascinated me. They were together since they were thirteen and they’re still

together years down the line. More than thirty–five years later.

If I was still chasing after love, then their kind of love is what I would have been looking for.

Instead, I’ve accepted that love is just not for me. I’m now set and prepared to spend the rest of my

life alone.

“Hey darling, how are you doing?”

“I’m doing good. Not much going on. I just wanted to check up on you guys“.

I still haven’t told them that I am pregnant.

Even though I’m starting to show, it’s easy for me to hide my bump with oversized t–shirts. I just

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I know deep down it hurts them even though they try hiding it.

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for Ethan. What he’s doing to them is wrong, but I

like he doesn’t deserve their love after what he did. He was

he was dying to meet his baby. He

me back to the

out a bit” I murmur

to know if you’ll be coming this

though Noah won’t be joining us this time. It’s his weekend

and the Sharp family used to have a monthly get

didn’t exist. Like I didn’t matter. I was completely ignored and was treated

me during the gatherings was Noah.

hasn’t been a get together in months. I guess now that the parents are

a bummer that he won’t come but I am

something takes my focus

imagining things since there aren’t any dogs

again.

I have to check on something”

“Okay honey”

hang up and move to where the sound seemed to be

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left except

in shock. My mouth hanging

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you know how long it took me to plant those, and

Laying on the ground, giving me puppy eyes, but I wasn’t going

the damn garden in the first place and let me tell you, it took a lot of time and effort.” He whines, but I am too far gone to listen to

no. You’re not going to get out of this by flashing your cute, adorable eyes.” Shaking my head I stare at him. Atleast I assume it’s a he. “How are you going to make up for the damage,

him, the more my heart begins to melt. He is big, fluffy and completely adorable. He had thick black and white far and piercing grey eyes. For some weird reason they reminded me of Rowan and Noah’s

people usually

a chiselled jaw line, lips that begged

he

down Ava, you got fooled once by great

same mistake again‘. 3

but that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate a fine

I see one. I’m

of my mouth before I can

you look familiar“.

while before answering. “Yes, we used to go to the

behind me”.

to remember him, but it still doesn’t ring

I didn’t

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supplies when I still

his name, it hits

for some

groans at the name he used to go by when he was in school. He glares at

a big fucking glow up”

that kept slipping down his nose. He had braces and his face used to be

He was also a

spent most of his time studying in the library while others his age were busy fucking in the janitor’s

someone you would look at

changed into someone any woman would die to have. He was now

thanks” he says