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.

Letty”

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

will and thanks

in time, because my

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

looked

at me as if seeing me

say softly, looking

good at

finger before handing

never once bought me flowers. Hell, he

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

with.

we can leave” I turn around and head to

in a vase, we

I didn’t know what to do or say. I mean what do you do during dates? What do you talk about? And who is supposed to start

that I was afraid I was going

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

breaking the silence.

Feeling relieved. The anxiety that

all…I was also hyperventilating. I’ve been nervous the whole

to focus on my

back. They could tell that

even called me out on my abnormal

kept

anxiety knowing that I wasn’t the only

were and I couldn’t help but think how easy things

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

was Emma. He decided that I didn’t deserve a

“We’re here” Ethan says.

place where we had parked.

also curious because it

was great so I thought we could

and opened the door. He helps me

at my lower

Ethan asks the

checks her list before speaking.

leads us, she keeps throwing glances at

in a relationship, I would feel jealous but right

then leaves. A minute later, a waiter arrives with a bottle of

after pouring us

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

curious.

the kind of place where Rowan had

could say

“Parents?” I ask confused.

I remember correctly, he told me his

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mother was a drug addict and she overdosed after I was born. When the FBI took out my dad, I was put into the system. I thought that was the end for me but it wasn’t. A few

got adopted

more I got to know him, the more I

other words, you’re trust fund

honest, then you’re also

him.

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

my

when shit between me, Emma and Rowan

took my trust fund and cut me off his will. According to

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