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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start dating I’m not planning to

clench into fists at the last part. For some reason heat starts rising up in my core making me

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

different from the house we shared So very different that I was momentarily left

myself from those thoughts and continue walking. I find

you would leave. In case you haven’t guessed it, your presence is

it. Why is it that everything out of her mouth these past few days is nothing but pure venom? It’s like all she wants is to strike at

I came for Noah”

and you could have done what

come in”

take 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 so

can wait for him

and she fists the dish towel in her

as we follow the

was she so stubborn and difficult all of a sudden? It was getting on my fucking nerves Where the fuck was the agreeable and subdued woman

this what you wanted? For me to

my nose in frustration “I’m not the one who asked for a

her but I was beginning to regret coming into her house. It seems all she wants to do is

but that doesn’t mean you didn’t want it and look, it came at the perfect time, just when Empia

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know it’s always a sour subject but I never lied to her. Never led her

my heart and if it wasn’t for the mistake nine years ago, then she is the one that

to say? You know I never lied to

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

my teeth at her words. Her words angering me. Yes we did sleep together during our marriage but it was just to scratch an itch. I took

I’m here

was draining going round and round. I needed to say what I came here to

or did something I would

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

of medicine. Uncapping it using

and swallows.

the label, I realize it’s pain

arm?” I

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

concern” she

and all but yell. “Damn it

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

Noah is wakes up”

goes to leave but I clump my hand around her uninjured hand. She immediately wrenches her hand from me as if

touch me!” she

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

Emma. Why I

face twists. Her eyes growing colder than

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me and comparing me to Emma. My

on anyone about behaviors go give