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 bound to start dating I’m not

clench into fists at the last part. For some reason heat starts rising up

in and calm myself. I follow the sounds of

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

thoughts and continue walking. I find her in the kitchen

at me. “I had hoped you would leave. In case you haven’t guessed

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

the weekend Ava, I came for Noah” I

is not awake yet and you could have done what you always do Honk You didn’t

come in”

mouth to speak I was sure she was about to say something that would probably

can wait for him while

and she fists the

that’s the thing Rowan, we have nothing to talk about As long as we follow the terms of the custody agreement then we can live

a sudden? It was getting on my

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

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

coming into her house. It seems all she wants to do is light. I wasnt in the fucking mood. Not when I

perfect time, just when Empia

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never lied to her. Never led her on. She knew that

my heart and if it wasn’t for the mistake nine years ago,

say? You know I never lied to you.

Gosh I hate you. I don’t know what I saw in you to begin with. I don’t know why I wasted so much of my time and energy on

Her words 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

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

round and round. I needed to say what I

something I would

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

medicine. Uncapping it using one hand, she pops two pills

and swallows.

I

the arm?”

so talk Rowan… we both

concern” she

and all but yell. “Damn

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

Noah is wakes up”

clump my hand around her uninjured hand. She immediately wrenches her hand from me

me!”

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

Emma. Why I fell in love with her” I ground out, my temper getting

colder than I could ever

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insulting me and comparing me to Emma. My behavior doesn’t concern you, we

behaviors go give them to the