Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

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Calvin

I wait. I wait patiently for her to come back. I didn’t know where she went, but I can take a pretty

damn good guess. She was mad; I understand that more than anything. If anyone is pissed off and

hurt at what Emma has been doing, then it’s me. She has caused me and Gunner more hurt than

I’m ever willing to admit.

I hear the door unlock, but I don’t move. I’m not even sure what the hell I am doing here. The boys

are at my house with the nanny. For some reason, I feel like I should be here.

Ava stops dead in her tracks. “Cal, I didn’t expect you to still be here.”

Her eyes were red and puffy. She has been crying; that much is clear. Words honestly fail me. I

have no fucking idea what the hell to tell her.

“I thought I would wait for you,” I say as she takes a seat. “Where have you been?”

I knew where she went after she realized that Emma was Gunner’s mom. That was hours ago. I

don’t know where she went after. I’m sure confronting Emma didn’t take almost three hours.

“I needed to think, so I just drove around,” she whispers. “Gosh! This is so hard for me. Not only

because I love Gunner like my own and it kills me to watch him hurt, but

also because I see

myself in him.”

I don’t know much about Ava. I was about two years ahead of her in school. We weren’t friends

back then, and I didn’t pa ention to any girl that wasn’t Emma.

Even now, I don’t know much about her. I kept myself closed off. I felt it would be unfair to dig

deep into her life when I barely told her anything deep about mine. All I know is that Rowan hurt

her pretty badly. Just like Emma destroyed.

“Why?” I ask curiously.

Because I suffered the same fate as him when I was younger. I was unwanted. For me, it was

nuch harder because I was unwanted by both my family and Rowan’s family. I didn’t understand

why they didn’t like me. I tried so hard to get them to love me, but they never did. In fact, it got

Jorse as I got older.”

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I didn’t know that about het. Unlike other boys who tried getting close to her so they could get

close to Emma, I didn’t I thought their tactic was downright cruel Using one sister to get another

was utterly disgusting

“I’m soony, Ava.”

There was nothing else I could say to comfort her. I don’t even know how to comfort Gunner when

was

asks about Emma, so how can I comfort

a long time ago, and I’m slowly starting to heal,” she pauses. “In any case,

know the truth. How did Emma end up being Gunner’s mom?”

was dreading this question. Not because I don’t want to

to remember

her

definitely. Everyone knew it, just like everyone knew I

We both somehow ended up with the people we wanted, but

nightmare. Both of us got hurt really, fucking badly. Maybe we should

away from them. It seems like Rowan and Emma were meant to

getting in the way

tried everything to get her to notice me, but she never did. It wasn’t even possible

to compete against was Rowan. Like

There was nothing S**y about me,” I began,

you seen yourself in glasses? You’re like a woman’s

as either a hot professor

laugh at that

was probably

I wouldn’t have wanted to date myself”

in the summer before college, I decided to work on myself. It took

I was

appreciative glances from girls.”

had been the highlight of my life at that age. It felt

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further on myself I became unrecognizable I

over me. I had my pick from a large pool. Soon, I started to forget about Emma. There

when I could have someone

nods her head in understanding. I know she didn’t enjoy college life.

at eighteen. She then became a mother and wife. She didn’t have time

worries or responsibilities. At least

back in my

until my grandfather had

died in an accident. He was all

changed schools so that I could

care of him that way”

finger back and forth. “You transferred to

Emma and Rowan were”

“I saw them around campus, but unlike

I had a lot going on. I didn’t have any time

except for hookups, and that was totally fine with me. I had

constant rejection. I wasn’t willing to let

and it killed me seeing her

didn’t want me. There was nothing I could do

passed away, and it was the most challenging time of my fucking life. I

weeks off school only to come back to the

when I learned that

honestly unbelievable.”

was sure of their love. Sure that they

No one ever thought that Rowan would sleep with someone

totally different person. It was like she was

outside her dorm, she looked

knew she wouldn’t let me near her.

out to be her best friend and

in Emma’s life. When Molly was assigned as my

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eyes shift to Ava She looks captivated Like she couldn’t even remove her eyes from mine, even if she wanted

way. I didn’t want to be a nuisance like I had been back in high school ! realized you

a sad

earlier, like you did. It would’ve

room and kissed me. It was unexpected, but it was the best kiss I’ve ever received. I thought it was a

it was yesterday. She had been a virgin, and even though I’d slept with countless girls, she had been by far the best. Probably because I had feelings for

went to sleep thinking that finally it happened. That, finally she had noticed and wanted to build something with me. Only I had been wrong. We woke up the next morning, and she was disgusted with herself. I tried talking to her. I tried telling her that I still loved her, but she said. she’d been using me

out that the girl

I loved her with my body, only to find out that she didn’t feel a thing. That she was only using me. The betrayal I felt nearly destroyed me. We kept our

didn’t know how to be a father. For heaven’s sake, I’d never

deep breath, feeling my throat close tightly against the