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

hope you have a wonderful time” she smiles kindly at me. “Let me

and

just in time, because my door bell

one last look, I take my purse and head downstairs. I open

well and looked mighty fine

stares at me

say softly, looking

good at taking compliments. Especially from

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

sniff the roses feeling grateful. Rowan has never once bought

to him. In his mind,

with.

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

putting the flowers in

both nervous and excited at the same time. I didn’t know what to do or say. I mean what do you do during dates? What do you talk about? And

my element that I was afraid I was

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

breaking the silence.

relieved. The anxiety that had caged

was also hyperventilating. I’ve been nervous the

focus on

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

out on my

I kept messing it

I wasn’t the

our days were and I couldn’t help but think how easy

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

that

“We’re here” Ethan says.

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

also curious because it looked

we could try it” he tells me

opened the

hand at my lower

Anderson” Ethan asks

list before speaking.

keeps throwing glances at

we were in a relationship, I would feel jealous but right now I

waiter arrives with a bottle of wine. He then

orders after pouring us each a

a cop afford such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t

curious.

looks like the kind of place where Rowan had

chuckles before answering “You could say my parents are well

“Parents?” I ask confused.

told me his dad wasn’t in the

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the FBI took out my dad, I was put into the system.

lucky and got adopted by a really wonderful

mesmerized by him. The more I got to know him, the

fund baby?” I joke making him

then you’re

him.

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

up my

shit between me, Emma and Rowan went down, he cut

fund and cut me off his will. According to him, I didn’t

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