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 affect

don’t fucking get it,

could erase the

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

holding.

the living day lights out of me,” I say

beating heart.

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

to find them munching on the cookies that I

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okay, I was just a little bit

his face. “Are you still

It was a lie, but he didn’t need to know

different thing.

for breakfast, mom?” Noah

up”

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

at

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

Noah asks. “I’m so

I’ll be done. Why don’t you go

I finish up?”

at the same time, before rushing to

me and proceeds to clean up the mess

when we should have given you more

they

at that. It’s not that Calvin was a bad cook. He just didn’t make it like I did.

mine.

okay. I would have finished cooking and brought some

I get back to frying the

holding up, all things considered?”

now everyone knows about Gunner. He’s an

away like a dirty secret. After

it being just the two

a family. Gunner deserves to know his uncle

worth knowing, but they’d treated

was safe for Gunner to be

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were no longer part of

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