Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

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“Ava, wake up; dinner is ready.” His voice pulls me from my dreams.

It wasn’t a really good dream, but neither was it bad. It was one of those dreams that left you with confusion and vague images of what you dreamed of.

“Iris?”

“Don’t worry. She woke up; I gave her a bottle, and she went back to sleep,” he answers, his eyes searching mine.

I nod my head, then push the sheets aside and get up. Stretching, I feel my bones loosening and realigning themselves in the most delicious of ways.

“Why are you sleeping here instead of in our bed?” Rowan asks, staring deeply into my eyes.

Everything that I’d been running from crashes into me. Reminding me of the reason why I

was here in this bed and not the master bedroom.

I feel irritation and anger surge inside me. My calmness disappears, and in its place is a bitter aftertaste. Why would he lie to me? Why was he keeping things from me? Is this really how he wanted us to start our new relationship? By building it on a foundation of lies and secrets.

“Don’t start with me, Rowan. I’m not in the f ucking mood,” I snap before brushing past him.

woman, but there was this part that just wanted to slap him silly. After everything he’s taken me through, he still has the audacity to keep things from me. What the hell

find Noah and Gabe already seated. I take

Rowan joins us.

“So,

Ava,

been?” Gabe asks, breaking the

of all, because right now I was pis sed as hell, and second of all, I found this small talk strange. Like I said, Gabe and I have never been friends. We barely even talked to each other, so to have him ask

The only downside is staying at home. I’m not

a piece of steak in my mouth and almost moan in pleasure. It felt like it just melted in my mouth like butter.

great cook too, or at least I was. The other day, I wanted to try a new recipe and cook for my family. Let’s

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read numbers correctly), I’d added two and a half table spoons of sugar instead of just a half. I’d cried

cooked something else, and we didn’t mention that

Gabe shoots another question, distracting me from the turmoil that is

but obviously, because of certain circumstances, it won’t be happening anytime soon,” I replied after swallowing

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mainly remain focused on mine. I see the turmoil inside

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