Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0209

Rowan.

“Is Noah coming?” my mother asks me.

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“Not today, mom. I forgot to let Ava know, and I didn’t want to spring this on her all of a sudden,” I tell her

as I walk into Kate’s home.

It was our monthly get–together. Just like the last one, I didn’t want to be here. The only reason I was there was because I’d promised Mom that I would attend.

“I’ve missed him so much, and so has Kate. She really wanted to see

him.” She pauses. “Now that she

and Ava are estranged, the only time she gets to see Noah is during these get–togethers.”

I wanted to feel sorry for her, but I don’t. That makes me a bastard, sure, but I believe that we were all

was our punishment for how we treated

say as

years. She would do

there for almost thirty

suffering when

my way to the backyard. I know Kate’s home like the back of my hand. After all, they’ve lived here for years. This is the same house where Ava and I got married. The same house she tried to escape when she

Mom, who was following behind me,

Rowan?” she asks, but I don’t turn

front when I don’t answer. My

“Rowan? What is it?”

I try to form

I caught Ava trying to escape. Looking back now, I can’t imagine how my life. would have turned out

darling Don’t think about such things. It didn’t happen

remembering how foolish I had

to let her go because, deep down, she probably knew that I would destroy her if she stayed, and I did. I broke her heart more times than I can count. Right now, I don’t know what to even think. Part of me wishes I had let her go

descends on me every time I remember all I put her through

have tried harder, maybe then I wouldn’t have this much

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her, but you forget that we all played our roles in breaking her. Both families have a hand in destroying her heart. You’re not the only one to blame for her broken pieces.” Mom puts a hand around my forearm, trying to