Ex-Husband's Regret

Underneath the surface
“What?” Emma whispers besides me in shock

The whole room is quiet. Everyone is completely surprised. No one saw this coming. No one

imagined that Ava would be the founder of such a large organization.

Hell, I was married to the woman and I had no clue That leaves a lot to be fucking said about me if

I didn’t know this about Ava

‘Did you know this?” Gabe asks, eyes and mouth wide.

“No” I growl pissed that I had missed such a thing.

I watch as she pushes back her chair She stands up and Ethan stands up with her while offering

her his hand with a smile she places her hand on his and he walks her towards the stage. I

clench my jaw when he places his hand on her exposed back when he helps her up the stairs.

Once she’s there, he steps down. She gives Mary a hug before she steps up to the podium

She smiles before clearing her throat

“Hi” she chuckles nervously “For some reason it’s easier for me to address a room full of rowdy

teenagers than a room full of adults”

This earns her a couple of smiles and laughs from people.

I don’t think there is anyone here who doesn’t know me and it there is, my name is Ava Sharp

Like Mary said, the reason we are here today is to celebrate all of you for your continued help in Hope Foundation Being a teacher, you see a lot of things at school Kids with bruises inflicted by abusive patents, kids going hungry because they don’t have lunch money, kids with tattered

clothes and shoes because their parents are so poor that even coming to school is a luxury and

kids who are homeless and live on the streets” she says, hei voice captivating her audience

i have never seen the elites pay this much attention to a speech before

Seeing those children go through such hardships broke my heart, so I started helping the best way i could fetarted with one boy in my class, then another, and another Behere kurmit I hat mote dono dozen children t was helping That’s where I got the idea to build a foundation

where they did have to worry about worth the

Hope House and God blessed me by bring

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four years ago, we have expanded The Hope Houses and we are proud to say

Harvard and Princeton. We have thousands of more under our care all ranging from a few months old to eighteen. We make sure that they don’t lack for

still make it. To back them up as they make their way through life. So from the bottom of my heart I want to say thank you

donation. I pray for more

away from the podium.

every corner of the room as people stand up to appreciate her.

all for today, please have a wonderful

Who would have thought that there

underneath her surface?

my wildest dream did I imagine that she was the founder of the largest children’s organization” Travis mutters, his eyes darting between Ava

some kids who had been waiting for her. One

the shocked look

was still hard to grasp. It was like she had this whole secret life that I never knew about. I never miss a thing, yet I completely missed this whole

seat that Christine had exited. I

me, I’m just exhausted, you’re Ava’s family right?” she asks and Travis numbly

anything else, just picks up her tablet and begins

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he know

at where her gaze was directed. It was on the young man with Ava.

familiar

youngest CEO and already has made a name for himself in the business world. At only twenty, he was already a success story. His techs were increasingly popular and he had earned

I would have been worried about him taking my number one spot as the top

money.

Ava took him under her wings. She’s the one who noted that he’s a tech genius. She encouraged him to start something with his talent. When he came up with the idea of having his own company, Ava backed him up. She gave him the startup capital he needed. No one believed in him back then, except for Ava. Now his company is fast growing and it’s earning him millions. As a thank you to Ava, he gave her shares in

shocking revelation. We stare at her. Each of us trying to absorb what she

moment by snorting. “So in other words you’re saying she’s taking advantage of the kids under her care to

had enough

you stop with the fucking snide remarks” I growl, hitting the table in

business when I glare at them. Emma looks at me like she’s never seen me before, but I was just so fucking sick and

Mary asks Emma in a sneer. “Ava doesn’t need anyone to

talking