Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

Chapter 0340

I try to pull my eyes away from hers, but it’s difficult. Her pain is gripping, and I’m the one it has a hold on.

She’s in a corner all by herself. Mother was busy socializing, and so was Trevor. Her posture and look weren’t really inviting at all. She looked like she could shrink in on herself at any moment, but what disturbed me most was the anguish in her eyes. I understood pain; after all, haven’t I been through it already? Countless times, in fact.

Now I understand where her pain is coming from. I understand the cause of her depressed and

sad state. It’s Gunner. Her son.

“What are you looking at, Ava?” Letty’s voice sounds far away.

It’s like I was hypnotized. I couldn’t look away. I couldn’t see anything except her.

Calvin shakes me, and with great difficulty, I turn to him. He looks at me questioningly. I

didn’t understand it, but for some weird reason, I wanted to comfort Emma.

“Why are you staring at Emma like a deer caught in headlights?” Corrine asks, her eyebrows

furrowed.

shifted my gaze back to the woman, but her eyes were no

the two words, unable

From what I hear, guilt and regret are hitting her

but his expression is cold and stoic, revealing absolutely nothing. Either all the feelings he had for Emma are gone, or they’ve turned

chatting with Gabe, his dad, and some others. Trevor was there, but you could tell there was a bit of tension between the two of them. He was laughing, while Iris was securely

things would have turned out had I let go of my obsession with Rowan. Looking at it

married, Rowan and Emma wouldn’t have broken up, and neither Emma nor Rowan would have spiraled, meaning Emma wouldn’t have hooked up with Calvin, and neither would

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would have moved on later on

Emma.

be right back.” I excuse myself and leave the

just sit in the living room for a little while. The realization that I might have been the cause of the heartache and sorrow of four people is heavy on

every choice Rowan, Calvin, and Emma made is on them and that it isn’t my fault for the mistakes they made, but I still can’t help but feel that I was the catalyst; my obsession was the catalyst for what led them down the paths they

Ava?” Teresa’s voice startles me,