Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0217

I’d been scared, to say the least. I didn’t know how to be a father. For heaven’s sake, I’d never even been near any babies. It was overwhelming, but I knew I loved the baby already.

“She wanted to get an abortion. I couldn’t let that happen, so I threatened her.” I take a deep breath, feeling my throat close tightly against the bubbling emotions. “I took her to my grandfather’s house. I’d hoped things would get better. That she would learn to love the baby and me, but I was wrong.”

“She was hell to live with. I won’t lie to you; during that time we still had S** when the mood struck her, but it didn’t make up for the ugly way she behaved towards me. She would curse me, call me names and sometimes even slap me. She said I ruined her life and that she hated both me and the baby”

I look at the floor. I tried to understand that she was going through a lot. That she was pregnant, heartbroken, and still in love with another man. That’s why I let her let out her frustrations on me.

I I

“It was hard. I wanted to walk away so many times, but then I would remember my child. Sometimes I would remember the times she was sweet, or when she cried and begged me not to leave her. I was

hurting while trying help her with her pain.

Ava takes my hand and squeezes it. Lending me her strength as I felt mine diminish.

was born, she refused to see him. She went back to being a stone–cold bitch. She told me she never

probably a year later.

she want?” Ava

to tell her this part because I’m ashamed of it. Ashamed of how I let Emma use me

wanted S**. She said she

father so I gave in. I wanted the

next

She didn’t even want

I’d hoped she would change.

allowing her to use me for

out in the morning. He had been awake. Gunner asked me if she was his mom. I couldn’t

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her. So resentful because I

heart.

to give her relationship with Gunner a chance. When she refused, I

with her. I could no longer allow her