Ex-Husband's Regret

Vicious Ava
Rowan.

I see the moment she shuts her emotions down. The moment the warm look she had just a few

seconds ago turns cold. Which leaves me cold.

“What are you doing here?” Ava asks her voice monotonous as I push my way into her house.

It’s like she was talking to a stranger. Like I was nothing but a speck of dust and nothing more. I stare at her unable to come up with anything. I’ve lived with this woman for almost a decade and

yet right now I can’t find the right words.

I look at her hand still in a sling. I came to check up on her and also to pick Noah. It was the

weekend so it was my time with him.

Remembering the man that I saw leaving, my brows furrow. He must be who the smile was for.

That little piece of realization makes my jaw clench.

“What was he doing here?” I ask instead of answering while trying to hide the unreasonable anger

I was feeling.

I get the guy is an officer and that he saved her life but he was crossing a line. I didn’t fucking like

him and I didn’t want him anywhere near Ava.

“That’s none of your business” she retorts.

“It is my business when you’re entertaining.men this early in the morning with my son in the house….did he sleep over? Is that why I saw him leaving?”

The thought of that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. The last thing I want is for her to be exposing Noah to men months after we separated. It wouldn’t leave a good impression on the type

of woman she is.

She gives a humorless laugh, pulling me back to the present.

“It’s not any of your fucking business…do you see me meddling in your life while you’re busy entertaining Emma? And isn’t it hypocritical of you to stand there judging me?”

I glare at her. “Emma is different”

“How so?” she first feigns puzzlement and then her face lights up as if she figured out something. but I know it’s mockery. “Oh, I forgot she’s the love of your fucking life”

I grind my teeth She was starting to piss me off. What the hell was wrong with her? It’s like she

has something against me.

“I’ll never do anything that would affect Noah but I’m a single woman and I will have whoever!

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to start dating I’m not planning to

some reason heat starts rising up in

breathe in and calm myself. I follow the sounds of pans banging while

I’ve never been here. It looked different from the house we shared So

walking. I find her in the kitchen wiping

glaring at me. “I had hoped you would leave. In case you haven’t guessed it, your presence

that everything out of her mouth these past few days is nothing but pure

I came

you could have

come in”

speak I was sure she was about to say something

okay I can wait for

and she fists the

have nothing to talk about As long as we follow

sigh Why was she so stubborn and difficult all of a sudden? It was getting on my fucking nerves

to be out of your life” she

bridge of my nose in frustration “I’m not the one

beginning to regret coming into her house. It seems all she wants

want it and look, it came at the perfect time, just when Empia comes back to town

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subject but I never lied to her. Never led her on. She knew

the mistake nine years ago, then

You know I never lied to you. You always

from using my body did it? Gosh I hate you. I don’t know what I saw in you to begin

we did sleep together during our marriage but it was just to scratch an itch. I took vows and despite the fact I didn’t love her. I wasn’t going to break them by cheating

the past, I’m here to

I needed to say

something I

gets her attentions. She doesn’t fire back. Instead

Uncapping it using one hand, she pops two pills into

and swallows.

the label, I realize it’s pain

the arm?” I

to talk, so talk Rowan… we both know you don’t care

concern” she snaps.

clench my hand and all but

Are you going to talk? If not you can leave.

Noah is wakes up”

my hand around her uninjured hand. She immediately wrenches her hand from me as if my

touch me!”

Are we forever going to be at each other’s throats? We had a son for

Emma. Why I fell in love with

Her eyes growing colder than

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house. I won’t have you insulting me and comparing

behaviors go give them to the love of your