Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 106 A note

The bright light coming through my window makes me open my eyes. Instead of getting up

immediately, I just stay in bed for a while as I rub my belly and feel my baby move inside me.

I look at the calendar on my bedside table and realize that today I just hit the sixth–month

milestone. It’s scary to have a baby. The whole journey is filled with uncertainty. I always make

sure to thank God each time I pass a milestone with my baby, knowing not all babies get to be

born.

After saying a small thank–you prayer, I get up and move downstairs. I could always shower later,

but right now I am hungry. With everything that happened yesterday, I forgot to eat.

Thinking about yesterday brings me to what happened with Rowan. I still can’t believe that I let

him kiss me or that I actually enjoyed it.

It bugs me so much that I wanted more. I wanted him to deepen the kiss. I wanted him to take it

further. I can blame it on the hormones, but we all know that I’d be lying to myself.

Rowan hurt me so much. The fact that I wanted him yesterday makes me hate myself just a little

bit. I promised myself to move on, yet there I was making out with him in my living room.

I want to believe that Rowan has changed, but I just can’t. Even if, by some miracle, he has, don’t

you think it’s a little too late for us? Too much has already happened for us to make something out

of the mess he created.

Taking out the ingredients for breakfast, I get to work. No matter what I try, I still can’t stop

thinking about the

heaven’s sake, why the hell did this kiss affect me so much?

fucking

erase the feel

so much that I let go

holding.

lights out of me,” I say with my hand pressing hard on

beating heart.

thought you heard us, given Gunner and Noah didn’t really get

find them munching on the cookies that I had

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a little

slips from his face. “Are you still thinking about what

my head. It was a lie, but he

different thing.

are you making for breakfast,

fry up” I

fist up in the air. “I love fry–ups; it’s like

at once.”

one day Emma will see the error of her ways and mend her fences

you almost done?” Noah

Just a few more minutes, and I’ll be done. Why don’t you go wait in

I finish up?”

same time, before

the cleaning tools from me and proceeds to clean up the

given you more time to yourself. It’s just

they wanted

a bad cook. He just

mine.

cooking and brought some over anyway, so it’s not a big deal,”

him as I get

holding up, all

pauses. “I feel relieved that now everyone knows about Gunner. He’s

he shouldn’t be hidden away like a dirty secret. After my grandfather died, I

the two of

Gunner deserves to know his uncle

my eyes, Travis and Kate weren’t people worth

was safe for Gunner to be

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resentment towards them. They were no longer part of my life, so it didn’t matter what

Emma didn’t have any right to keep him from her side of