Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 52

A girl named Nora.
Ava

“Fuck” ine grunted shout makes me open my eyes.

Ethan was holding his shoulder, which was bleeding

“Drop the fucking gun Ethan or I swear I’ll blow your brains off” Rowan’s angry voice penetrates

my foggy brain.

He’s the last person I want to see right now. Mainly because I’m ashamed. He tried warning me,

but I didn’t fucking listen to him.

“I have the whole building surrounded, Ethan. You’re outnumbered” Rowans adds.

Just then I hear police sirens and sigh in relief.

Ethan lowers his gun, before putting it on the ground. His eyes are locked with mine. I want to

pull them away, but I can’t. I want to be reminded of what a fool I’ve been this whole time.

“Ava, darling look at me” his voice pulls me from Ethan’s cold gaze. It’s only then that I realize

that Rowan was standing in front of me. 2

Seeing his face up close brings tears to my eyes. The last words he said to me two months ago still

rings in my head.

I keep my eyes on him as he unlocks the chains. He was my anchor right now. Maybe if I focus on

him, I won’t drown in the treacherous water of pain.

“I got you” he whispers softly, his voice full of kindness.

He hugs me to him and I have to fight back the tears that threaten to fall. My eyes collide once

again with Ethan. He was on the ground and the police were cuffing him. His wound was bleeding,

but no one seemed to care.

I watch as they take him away. My heart breaking at the loss of a future I thought we had together.

“Are you hurt?” Rowan asks me, pulling me away from his warmth.

I felt so cold now. So chilled. I not only felt the coldness on my skin, but it seeped into my

“Ava?”

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I shake my head at his question. My mouth refusing to work. Refusing to say a single word Maybe if I just pretended, everything will go away. Maybe I’ll wake up and realize it was all just a terrible.

dream

Nothing registers in my mind. I see Rowan’s mouth moving but I can’t hear a thing. I see Travis

walking with a shocked Letty and Gabe walking in with some of the cops. It still doesn’t register.

Nothing does.

I was numb. Or maybe I was beyond numb. I was completely broken.

Why did he do this to me? Why go through all the trouble to get to know me if he was always

planning to kill me? It didn’t make any sense at all.

The more I thought about it. About us. The more I died inside.

I felt us moving. Rowan’s hand around my waist. Supporting me. I was so lost in my head and my

pain that I didn’t realize we were even in a car until we hit a bump in the road.

The car ride didn’t take long. We were soon parking outside the police station.

Brian greeted us and led us inside to take our statements. I don’t remember all the things I said or

how long I had zoned out.

“Ava…” Rowan shakes me gently.

I turn to look at him, only to find that we were in a white room. It wasn’t just us, Travis, Gabe, Letty

Emma were all

wrapped around her head. I touch

when it was

checked you and put

fine“. Rowan said as

is she doing here?” I ask, pointing

needed was Emma witnessing

one answers. They all just look at me in sympathy. I

ask all of them to leave,

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back up. Ethan and

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still handcuffed, and his shoulder was bandaged. At least

longer bleeding.

hear from Ethan and here he is. Maybe he can

including our entire department” Brian says

said anything?“Travis asks, pulling Letty who

introduced her to Ethan,

She must also

he refuses to say a thing” Brian shakes his

only to find him staring intently at me. His emotionless gaze sucked me

right away.

do this to me, Ethan?” my voice trembled as I

stares at me. His cold gaze burned me. Gave me frostbite. I still don’t know where

he used to have went. Did he have a switch for

he wanted it? Or did none of it exist? If that’s so then he was

company.” He

he had actually

is pushed back as what he said, registers. Soon, my

“What company?” I ask

a Company. I invested in Companies, but I didn’t

had was Hope Foundation, and I don’t see someone like Ethan being

organization for helping children.

talking about, Ethan?” I push

what made him play me like that. What was so important

such a hurtful stunt.

for it, so

leaving me

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laugh humorlessly. “You did that for a company that I have no nights

left in his name”

don’t care. Everyone knows that

dime. I didn’t even have shares in the family company like

chaos. “I’m not talking

about your

the hell are you talking about?” Travis booms. “Don’t listen to him, Ava. It’s

bullshit”

quiet not

fucking truth” Ethan grits out

you’ve never felt that they aren’t your family. Tell me you’ve never doubted

truly a Sharp”

doubted it so many times that I once thought

DNA test.

and grandparents treated me since I was a kid

Travis and Emma. I was always an afterthought. No one important to them.

always came

and Emma toys and

No hugs, no kisses. I got nothing but coldness and indifference from them. I

me question if

can’t say anything because deep inside you know the truth. You

why you never felt like one of them”

anything.

to see the

for

really didn’t see us as your family?” Travis

surprise you?” I fire back. “I was never treated as part of your family. I was

looking in at the happy family while

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us the pity party you have for yourself” Emma

here?”

him before

Mrs. Sharp” Brian says as if it

don’t know what drugs you’re smoking, but no one in this room, except for Letty, is

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