Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 36

His remedy
Present day.

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“So you see, they have a reason to hate me…I ruined their love” I mutter as tears fill my eyes.

It’s always painful for me to go down memory lane. I was naïve and foolish. Thinking that I could

ake him love me after I literally ruined his life. Nine years later and I’m still paying the price for

loving Rowan Woods.

“It wasn’t your fault?” Ethan asks me, his fingers slowly caressing mine.

“It was. I let my obsession with him take center stage and because of that I made the biggest

mistake of my life” the tears fall freely now.

If only I could go back in time. If only I could change things. I’ve lived my life in regret. I wish I

had listened to that nagging voice in my head. I wish I had payed attention to it instead of

ignoring it. It would have saved me from so much heartache and pain.

Hell, I wish I had realized earlier that I was pregnant. I could have escaped earlier. I would have

left and never told Rowan that I was pregnant with his child. No one would have been the wiser. I know it sounds downright evil but looking back now it would have saved Noah from seeing Rowan

fight all the

a place where no one knew me. A place so far away from my family and Rowan. A place no one knew them. I’m sure they wouldn’t

would have just been fine with

“Ava?”

a response. I

were blaming you, they should have blamed him too” he gives

look at him

believe me?” I ask

no one has ever believed that I was drunk. They all thought I was malicious and I

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you’re also innocent?” his blue eyes seer

“I got so tired of hearing that I was to blame. That I wasn’t drunk at all, that sometimes I believe

his drunken state that sometimes I doubt the events

is faulty. I mean

pain I went through at Rowan’s hand was my punishment. That God was punishing me for wanting and sleeping with a man that

beliefs down your throat. That’s what happened with me. Soon after I started believing them. Believing that I was a

everything they put me through, Rowan especially. That a man you love could destroy you leaves you wondering if there’s

my son. He was the one that saved. He was anchor during the times when I

so tired of the constant pain, the constant hate that I thought of it. I knew that Rowan would take good care of him. He fell in love with Noah the moment

darkness when I realized what leaving Noah would mean. I didn’t want him to think I was weak. Most especially I didn’t want Emma as

spewed at me concerning Noah, I’m glad that I had chosen to

been ashamed for placing the entire blame on an eighteen year old girl. Rowan should have taken responsibility for his actions instead of allowing all the blame

one that sought him

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his hand from mine and runs it through his hair. “The more I know about Rowan and your family, the more I dislike them” he says more

anything. After all, I was

then

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