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” I

have to go, but I hope you have a wonderful time” she smiles kindly

and

just in time, because my door bell rings a second

last look, I take my purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling

and looked mighty

stares at me as

say

I’m not good at taking compliments.

chin with his finger before

never once

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

with.

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

putting the flowers in a vase, we

say. I mean what do you do during dates? What do you talk about? And who is supposed

out of my element that I was afraid I was

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weird that I’m scared shitless, though I’ve gone

breaking the silence.

relieved. The anxiety

been nervous the whole day.”

to focus on

me back. They could tell

called me out

had to file a report repeatedly because I kept messing it up” he chuckles and I grin

I wasn’t the only one that

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

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

Emma. He decided that

“We’re here” Ethan says.

look at the place where we had parked. The restaurant’s name was familiar but I’d

was also curious because it

I thought we could try it” he tells me as he turns

then came and opened the door. He

His hand at my lower

Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks

list before speaking. “Right this

throwing glances at Ethan. I

if we were in a relationship, I would

a waiter arrives with a bottle of wine. He

after pouring us

such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t being

curious.

of place where Rowan had

before answering “You could say my parents are well

“Parents?” I ask confused.

he told me his dad wasn’t in the

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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 months

and got adopted by a really

more I got to know him, the more

words, you’re trust fund

are being honest, then you’re also a trust fund baby” he

him.

but it’s forced. How do I tell him he couldn’t be

my past

between me,

cut me off his will. According to

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