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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I’m not planning

starts rising up in my core making

me in the hallway. I take time to breathe in and calm myself. I follow the sounds of pans banging

the house we shared So very different that I was momentarily

myself from those thoughts and continue walking. I find her in the

up, glaring at me. “I had hoped you would leave. In case you

nothing but pure venom? It’s like all she wants is to strike at

weekend Ava, I came

awake yet and you could have done what you always do Honk

come in”

a seat on one of the barstools She frowns at me and opens her mouth to speak I was sure she was about to say something that would probably piss me off

I can wait for him while we

frowns deepens, and she fists the dish towel

the thing Rowan, we have nothing to talk about As long as we follow the terms of

a sudden? It was getting on my fucking nerves Where the fuck was the agreeable and subdued

me to be out

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

house. It seems all she wants to do is light. I wasnt in the fucking mood. Not when I was supposed to

want it and look, it came at the perfect time, just when

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lied to her. Never

years ago, then she is the

want me to say? You know I never lied to you. You

Gosh I hate you. I don’t know what I saw in you to

angering me. Yes 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 on

talk about the past, I’m here to talk about Noah” I

say what I came here to say

or did something I

her attentions. She doesn’t fire back. Instead she opens one of

bottle of medicine. Uncapping it using

and swallows.

label, I realize

arm?”

both know you don’t care about me so

she snaps.

all but yell. “Damn it

to talk? If not you can leave. I’ll text you

Noah is wakes up”

to leave but I clump my hand around her uninjured hand. She immediately wrenches her hand from

touch me!” she

Is this how she was going to behave from now on? Are we

childish behavior is one of the reasons why I always preferred Emma. Why I fell

twists. Her eyes growing colder than I could ever thought

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what you came to say then get out of my fucking house. I won’t have you insulting me and comparing me to Emma. My behavior doesn’t concern you, we are divorced…so if

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