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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bound to start dating I’m not planning to

at the last part. For some reason heat starts rising up in my

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

here. It looked different from the

continue walking. I find her in the kitchen wiping down

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

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

weekend Ava, I came for Noah” I

he is not awake yet and you could have done what you always do

come in”

barstools She frowns at me and opens her mouth to speak I was sure she was about to say something that would probably piss

okay I can wait for him while

deepens, and she fists the

talk about As long as we follow the terms of the custody agreement then

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

what you wanted? For me to be out of your life” she

my nose in frustration

into her but I was beginning to regret coming into her house. It seems all she wants to do is light. I wasnt in the fucking mood.

came at the perfect time, just when Empia comes back to town Now you can be with her the you’ve

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I never lied to her. Never led

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

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

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

was just to scratch an itch. I took vows

the past, I’m here to

round. I needed to say what I came here to

did something I would regret

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

a bottle of medicine. Uncapping it using one hand, she pops two pills into her

and swallows.

label, I realize it’s

the arm?”

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

concern” she

clench my hand and all but yell. “Damn

you going to talk? If not you can

Noah is wakes up”

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

touch me!”

going to behave from now on? Are we forever going to be at each other’s throats? We had a son

preferred Emma. Why I fell in love with her” I

twists. Her eyes growing colder than

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me and comparing me to

behaviors go give them to the love of your