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

why the hell did this kiss

don’t fucking get it,

groan in frustration, wishing I could erase the feel of his lips

so much that I let go of the eggs I

holding.

the living day lights out of me,” I say with my

beating heart.

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

turn to said boys to find them munching on the

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okay, I was just a little bit lost

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

my head. It was a lie, but he didn’t

different thing.

for breakfast, mom?” Noah

fry up”

air. “I love

food at once.”

him. So happy that he is happy. I’m hoping that one day Emma will see the error of her ways and mend her

almost done?” Noah

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

I finish up?”

say at the same time, before rushing to the other

proceeds to clean up the mess

when we should have given you more

that they wanted

was a bad cook. He just didn’t make it like I did. Their word,

mine.

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

I get back to frying

you holding up, all things

He pauses. “I feel relieved that now

a dirty secret. After my

the two of

Gunner deserves to

weren’t people worth knowing, but they’d treated Noah well,

for Gunner to

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should really let go of my resentment towards them. They were no longer

keep him from