Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0231

He glares at me, but within seconds, his features soften. He grabs my hand, turns it, and k*sses my palm in a really gentle k*ss.

I

“I don’t know when I fell in love with you or how; all I know is that I love you, Ava. I didn’t see it back then. I was so overcome with bitterness and anger that I didn’t realize what a true gem I had married. In the last few months, it’s been hard to be without you. Seeing you in pain or hurt destroys me every time. It has taken me time to realize that I’m in love with you, but here I am, begging you to give me a chance to show you the love you deserved from me but never got.”

I watch completely stunned, as he gets out of the chair and kneels before me. This all seems like a

dream. It’s like I am in a completely different world right now.

“Oh, Rowan,” I start, trying to make my brain function. “You don’t love me. You’ve never loved me. Emmal

I

is your one and only love. She’s the one that has your heart, remember?”

flash in his eyes. I feel bad for him, but

just doesn’t make sense. How can he be in love with me when

listening to me Ava” he says

love with me now? You’ve hated me up until a few months ago. You have proven over and over again how little you care for me. You have hurt me more

force it down. I have no time or energy to

heartache.

could only give me a chance, I promise

true, Rowan. You had nine years with me, but not once did you give me a chance. I loved you with everything I was, yet you broke me with everything you had. How

pain. I didn’t want to see the

Please

truthful, what has made you love me now and not years ago?”

while before looking at the floor. He

make sense.

he had no

I’m sorry, but no. You can’t expect me to believe you love me when, for nine years, all you saw was Emma. You lived and breathed her, it’s hard to believe that in a few months that

the fact that my ankles were killing me, I would

all over the floor.

a minute for the heartbroken look in his