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

did this kiss affect me so

fucking

erase the feel of his lips on

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

holding.

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

beating heart.

thought you heard us, given

find them munching on the

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a little

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

he didn’t need to

different thing.

for

up” I

up in the air.

food at

happy that he is happy. I’m hoping that one day Emma will see the

almost done?” Noah

more minutes, and I’ll be done. Why don’t you

I finish up?”

say at the same time, before rushing to

takes the cleaning tools from me and proceeds to clean up the mess I’d made. “Sorry

we should have given you more time to yourself. It’s just

that they wanted

cook. He just didn’t make it like I

mine.

okay. I would have finished cooking and brought some over anyway, so

him as I get back to frying

holding up, all things considered?” I

that now everyone knows about Gunner. He’s an

be hidden away like a dirty secret. After my grandfather died,

I didn’t mind it being just the two

had a family. Gunner deserves to

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

Gunner

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go of my resentment towards them. They were no longer

to keep him from her side of the