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.

back to the woman, but her eyes were no longer on

pain…” I stammer the two words, unable to complete the sentence.

her… From what I hear, guilt and regret are hitting her hard, and she’s not taking it well,” Letty informs

revealing absolutely nothing. Either all the feelings he had for Emma are gone, or they’ve turned to hate, or he’s just hiding them.

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

how things would have turned out had I let go of my obsession with Rowan. Looking at it as a mature adult, could it be that

of the things that happened that night would have happened. I wouldn’t have slept with Rowan, we wouldn’t have gotten 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 she have strung

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later on and so would Calvin. Hell, I think he’d already started

Emma.

I stand up. “I’ll be right back.” I excuse myself and leave the table.

while. The realization that I might have been

makes choices. That everyone has their own paths to follow. I perfectly understand that ultimately 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;

Teresa’s voice startles me, and I almost