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

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

will and thanks

because my

head downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling and dashing Ethan with a bouquet of

cleaned up well and looked mighty

at me as if seeing

I say softly, looking

not good at taking compliments. Especially

finger before handing me

roses feeling grateful. Rowan has never once bought

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

with.

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

putting the flowers in

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

out of my element that I was afraid I

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weird that I’m scared shitless, though I’ve gone on more dates than I can count?” Ethan

breaking the silence.

Feeling relieved. The anxiety

at all…I was also hyperventilating. I’ve been nervous the whole day.” I confess. “It made

focus on

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

even called me out

repeatedly because I kept messing it

eased my anxiety knowing that I wasn’t

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

have been with Rowan Instead he

that I didn’t deserve

“We’re here” Ethan says.

look at the place where we had parked. The

I was also curious because it

was great so I thought we could try

and opened the

His hand at my

for Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty something

before speaking.

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

if we were in a relationship, I would feel jealous

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

pouring us each

end restaurant?” I wasn’t being rude or anything. I was

curious.

looks like the kind of place where Rowan had his

before answering “You could say my parents are

“Parents?” I ask confused.

remember correctly, he told me his dad wasn’t in

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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.

got lucky and got adopted by

I got to know him, the more

words, you’re trust fund baby?” I joke making

that but if we are being honest, then you’re also a trust fund baby” he fires

him.

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

my past

father was rich but when shit between me, Emma

my trust fund and cut me off his will.

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