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” I

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

will and thanks

time, because my door bell rings a

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

well and looked

look beautiful, Ava” he stares at me as if seeing me

I say

guessed, I’m not good at taking compliments. Especially from

lifts my chin with his finger before

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

I was important to him. In his

with.

put them in water and then we can leave” I

in a vase, we

what to do or say. I mean what do you do during dates? What

element that I was afraid I

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I’ve gone on more dates

breaking the silence.

anxiety that had caged

hyperventilating. I’ve been nervous the

to focus on

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

out on

kept messing it up” he chuckles and I grin at

that I wasn’t the only one that

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

should have been with Rowan

decided that I didn’t deserve

“We’re here” Ethan says.

look at the place where we had parked.

was also curious because it looked

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

out, he rounded the car then came and opened the

hand at my

Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty

checks her list before speaking. “Right this

she keeps throwing glances at Ethan. I don’t blame her thought. Ethan

I would

settles us then leaves. A minute later, a waiter

pouring us each

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

curious.

the kind of place where Rowan had

“You could say my

“Parents?” I ask confused.

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

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

adopted

got to know

you’re trust fund baby?”

we are being honest, then you’re also a trust fund

him.

I tell him he couldn’t be anymore

my

me, Emma

cut me off his will.

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