Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

73. Undiluted jealousy

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My head was swirling with the new revelation. I always thought my love for Emma was eternal. Realizing that it wasn’t, was doing things to my head and heart.

I move quickly and sit down next to Noah. Now more than ever I wanted this whole thing over. I was desperate to get out of here. Already feeling like my skin was crawling.

“What were you talking about with Emma?” Noah asks the moment I sit down.

The disdain in his voice is very clear. No one needed to be told twice that the woman I had

planned to spend the rest of my life with was his least favorite person.

This hate is another thing that made me put a pause on my relationship with Emma. How could I date her? How could I be with her when my son clearly hates her? How could I consider a relationship with her when she also doesn’t seem to like Noah?”

Based on the things she said about him. It’s clear she resents him for either being Ava’s son or being the reason I had to marry Ava. Maybe it was both.

“Nothing important” I mumbled, feeling lost in thoughts.

We are quiet for a while until he opens his mouth again. The things he spews has be clenching my fists.

“I have a best friend now. Just like you and Uncle Gabe have Uncle Travis as your best friend” he begins.

“That’s good”

I was in no mood to chat. My mood was soured. Noah didn’t seem to get the hint though. He kept talking.

“His name is Gunner and he is our new neighbor. They moved in about a week ago”

I just nod my head distractedly. It’s not that I wasn’t interested in what he was saying. I just had a

lot on my fucking mind. His mother being at the center of everything.

“You know” he pauses “He has a really good looking dad.” He finishes.

That piece of information immediately catches my attention. I turn to him and it’s then I notice

his mischievous smile.

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house and when Gunner and I were playing mom and Mr Calvin were downstairs talking and eating cupcakes. He even promised to help mommy plant her vegetable garden”

What the hell was he talking about and who the fuck was this Calvin guy? Why would Ava invite a total stranger

Smirking at me triumphantly as if he hadn’t just woken up a

made her laugh a lot. When Gunner and I came down for dinner, they were standing really close as he helped her set

fury rose. I clenched my teeth just to stop myself from lashing out at my own son. My fucking heart was pounding and I couldn’t calm myself down as waves of

Emma, but now with Calvin around you can do it. I still don’t like her, but you can marry her and mom can marry Calvin. He makes

me an evil grin

we’ll have to talk to them first but I’m sure they’ll agree”

end of my limit and blow up. My eyes narrowed into slits at the audacity

shout, banging my hand on the fucking

at us. Confusion in their faces. They were all wondering what the hell

he hadn’t just unleash a raging inferno

he stands up, throws me a

mother and

hell was that about?” Gabe asks, sitting down next to me. A few seconds later,

joins us.

was still fuming. Unable to control the rage that was inside me at knowing

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Ava laughing while setting at the table

around her, she rarely smiled. Let alone laugh. If she smiled, it was cold and detached. The fact that someone else was making her laugh was a fucking hard pill to

you so

about their new neighbor being cozy in Ava’s house and making her

other before laughing.

turmoil.

or someone was there and

red.

to scream that she was mine. That no other

come close to

I never considered her as mine. She

down. “It’s not a secret that he wants you and Ava back together. He wanted to see your reaction and from how you’ve reacted it just proves to him that you care about Ava and

I can’t. If I was being

I want to be the one in her house helping her set the

intense feeling brings my whole world to a stand still. I am Rowan Woods for fucks sake, yet I don’t mind getting down on my knees, with my hands in the dirt to help Ava plant her garden. As long as I was next to

thoughts cross my mind. I never would have imagined wanting anything to do with

want Ava back?”