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

sake, why the hell did this kiss

fucking get it,

in frustration, wishing I could erase the

so frustrated?” Calvin’s voice startles me so much that I let go

holding.

lights out of

beating heart.

heard us, given Gunner

find them munching on

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just a little bit lost

face. “Are you still thinking about what happened yesterday

lie, but he didn’t

different thing.

for breakfast, mom?” Noah

fry up” I

air. “I love fry–ups; it’s like having

at once.”

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

Noah asks.

yet. Just a few more minutes, and I’ll be done. Why don’t

I finish up?”

at the same time, before rushing to the other

proceeds to clean up the mess I’d made. “Sorry I

when we should have given you more

that they

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

mine.

finished cooking and brought some over anyway,

I get back to

you holding up, all things considered?” I ask

pauses. “I feel relieved that now everyone

dirty secret. After my grandfather died, I had no one

mind it being just the two of us, but I knew it was unfair

his mother had a family. Gunner deserves to know

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

was safe for Gunner to

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

right to keep him from her side of the family”