Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

79. Kidnapped again

Today I wasn’t in the best of moods. Mainly because Noah was still mad at me for kicking Rowan out I thought I had covered things up well. It turns out that he could see past my bullshit.

At times like this, I wish that we hadn’t pretended in front of Noah. I know that we thought we were protecting him. That we were giving him a happy childhood. All we did was deceive him.

Now he has it in his head that we were once in love and that we can be again.

I don’t know how to tell him the truth without breaking his little heart. I don’t know how to tell

him that everything he believes about me and Rowan is a lie.

My biggest fear is that he’ll hate us for lying to him if the truth comes out. Then again we can’t continue like this. We can’t continue with him believing that there is a chance for me and Rowan.

I sigh and get out of bed. I had gone back to sleep after Noah left for school. As the days progress,

the bigger I get and the more tired I feel.

Dragging my feet, I head to the bathroom and take a shower. It still doesn’t take away the fatigue

from my bones. Deciding on a dress, I put on a white spaghetti strap dress with blue flowers on it.

It reached just above my knees and showed my belly. Since my parents now knew the truth about

my pregnancy, it was time to stop hiding it.

Not in the mood to do my makeup, I opt for just concealer to cover up my dark under eyes.

I leave my room and get downstairs just as my doorbell rings.

I was really not in the mood to see or talk to anyone. Not when I was feeling like shit.

I open my front door and wish that I hadn’t. Travis was standing on my door step looking

disheveled. (1

I go to close the door, but he stops it before I can slam it on his face.

“Please Ava” he begs tiredly.

“What do you want?” I ask, my voice cold even to my own ears.

It was really funny how much my voice automatically changes nowadays. I don’t even put any

effort in it. It just grows cold and unattached. As if I was speaking to a total stranger.

“Can I come in?” he asks.

+15 BONUS

“Fuck No! Speak what you came here to say and leave”

if I said I wasn’t curious about why he was here. The last time

the truth about how I

see him hesitate and my curiosity gets stronger. Travis has always

in front

have all day” I snap after a few minutes

question why I even gave him a chance to speak. I

on his sorry ass.

could talk to Nora and Theo” he finally speaks, but it was so low I had

straining to hear him.

“About what?”

Corp. They’ve gone after us. Making almost all

says brokenly. “The company is sinking, Ava.

and funds” (2

If I were being honest, I thought mom and dad’s threat was

go after the Sharps for what they did to

anything that Travis loves more than anything, it’s

here, basically begging me to help him means he has reached

talking to me is

know I don’t really care if that company sinks or not” I state, folding

my ches

tired and worn out. Like he has been

hasn’t mentioned anything about this to me. Then again, I told her

Travis in my presence.

Ava. I beg

word has my hackles up. Bringing the familiar angry

we family, Travis? If I remember correctly you cut me off.

dead to you and renounced me as your sister years ago. Then you went

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“Ava.*

+15 BONUS

want to

you took Emma’s side, every time you

tore my heart to pieces because I hurt you precious sister, did you

the times you said I deserved the

mother ignored me like I didn’t matter? What about all the time

I still your

is there to say

and the rest I was nothing

do anything to

you didn’t consider me your family back then, what makes you

now? Whatever you are trying to do by playing the family card with me

pierce his. I used to note the difference between us. Travis and Emma didn’t look

by just seeing them you could guess that

should have been the first clue

The only reason you’re here

use me, but I won’t let you. Go

slam the door hard. I lean against it breathing

I hear his car start up and

my car keys. I

I take them. Planning to pass by a shelter to