Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 20

Dinner date
Ava

I was a nervous wreck as I prepared for my date with Ethan. It’s been two weeks since I was discharged from the hospital and I was all better. The doctor gave me the clear and I even gotten

back to work a few days ago.

In the two weeks, a lot has changed. Letty and I have gotten closer and so has Ethan and I. He’d

asked me out a couple of days ago. I had agreed whole heartedly.

Ethan was good for my ego. He made me laugh and relax. With him I was at ease. When I was

around him I forgot about Rowan. I forgot about my broken heart.

“Hair up or down?” I ask Letty.

We were on video chat and she was helping me get ready.

If I was being honest, this is the first time I’ve ever gone out on a date. Like I mentioned before, I

wasn’t the kind of girl that boys asked out before.

When I was married, Rowan never took me out. In fact we never did the normal things couples did.

when they were in love. There was no dinner dates for me. It would be a surprise if Rowan even

made it home for dinner most days.

“Definitely up, you have a beautiful long neck, you should flaunt it.” Letty says pulling me out of

my thoughts. “Ethan will definitely imagine kissing it and running his tongue down it the entire

time.”

My cheeks color at the picture she painted. I was married for fucks sake, yet such a comment.

made me blush.

“I’m sure you’re exaggerating” 1 mumble, trying to Hide my embarrassment.

“No I’m not. You’re a beautiful woman and any man would be lucky to have you”

“I’m not beautiful” I say automatically. It was sort of a knee jerk reaction.

I wasn’t beautiful. I knew that. Hearing everyone tell you how beautiful your sister is, nails in that fact. It also didn’t help that other parents used to tell my mother that I wasn’t poised, elegant, neat or put together like Emma was

“Yes, you are…you’re the only one who doesn’t see it. All you need is a confidence boost and I

swear men will be scrambling and falling over themselves to have you”

I put my hair up in a messy bun, with loose tendrils framing my face.

I really wanted to believe what she said, but it’s hard to break years of beliefs Beliefs that were

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I sigh and push back the painful memories

“If you say so”

“I say so, now turn, I want to see how you look” she commands.

I didn’t want to go all out incase things didn’t go as planned, so I settled on a little black dress Something that I wasn’t used to. Rowan never took me out when we were married so there wasn’t any need to dress up.

I wore matching black heels and did a nude make up.

“You look amazing Ava, Ethan won’t be able to take his eyes off you” Letty says with her jaw dropped.

you, Letty”

a wonderful time” she smiles kindly at me. “Let me know how the date

and

hang up just in time, because my door bell rings a second

my purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling

up well and looked

Ava” he stares at me as if seeing me for

I say

at taking compliments. Especially from

lifts my chin with his finger before handing me the flowers. “These are

roses feeling grateful. Rowan has never once bought me flowers. Hell, he has

important to him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience that

with.

put them in water and then we can leave” I turn around and head to the

the flowers in a

say. I mean what do you do

was afraid I was

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that I’m scared shitless, though I’ve gone on more dates than I can

breaking the silence.

anxiety that had caged me

I’ve been nervous the whole day.” I

focus on

were happy to have me back. They could tell that my mind was

called me out

file a report repeatedly because I kept messing

I wasn’t the only one

were and I couldn’t

how things should have been with Rowan Instead he decided that the

decided that I didn’t deserve

“We’re here” Ethan says.

the place where we had parked. The

also curious

so I thought we could

opened the door.

His hand at my

Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty

checks her list before speaking. “Right

leads us, she keeps throwing glances at Ethan. I don’t blame

in a relationship, I would

A minute later, a waiter arrives with a bottle

orders after pouring us

afford such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t being rude or anything.

curious.

kind of place where Rowan had his

“You could say my parents are

“Parents?” I ask confused.

I remember correctly, he told me his dad

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was a drug addict and she overdosed after I was born. When the FBI took out my dad, I was put into the system.

lucky and got adopted by a really

more I got to know

other words, you’re trust fund baby?” I

being honest, then you’re also a trust

him.

forced. How do I tell him he couldn’t be anymore wrong without revealing

up my

between me, Emma and Rowan went down, he

fund and cut me

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