Ex-Husband's Regret

Anita
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Ava

I sat at a private booth enjoying a piece of cake. Noah was spending the night at Rowan’s so I was

child free tonight.

I was feeling good for some reason. In that good feeling, I decided to grab something to eat. I was in the mood for some comfort food. That’s why I was currently here eating dessert like I’ve been

starved for days.

My visit to prison was eventful. I had fully expected Ethan to tell me he doesn’t want the baby. Instead I got more than I had bargained for.

His confession of love left me feeling empty in a way. He had to understand that it was too late now. I wouldn’t ever think about being with him. He tried killing me for heaven’s sake! If I go back

to him, what does that say about me?

I wasn’t cruel enough to deny him his rights as a father. Even if I didn’t want to see him personally. I could always ask Nora to take the baby to him. That was the furthest I was willing to go. The biggest effort I was willing to make when it came to Ethan. Anything beyond that would

be downright stupid.

I decided that I was done with men. I mean no good can come out of chasing love. I wanted love from two men and what I got was heartbreak and pain.

It was time for me to give up on love, because the way I see it, it doesn’t want me. It never has. I am learning to make peace with that. Now I was going to focus on being my best version. Focus on

being the best mother.

I push another piece of cake in my mouth and moan. It felt like heaven as the taste explodes in

my mouth.

“Aren’t you afraid you’ll get fat? I mean you already are, but I fear you will get fatter” the shrill

voice makes me snap my eyes open.

I groan when I open my eyes and find Anita staring at me with a mean look. Behind her were

some of her co–workers. They laugh when they hear her insulting me, but I honestly don’t care.

Right now they were all insignificant.

She was one of Rowan’s financial advisors and as you can tell, she doesn’t like me. She and

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their hate came from Sure I was married to Rowan. Who they both wanted, but anyone with a

talking to you fat bitch” she screeches when I continue

Doesn’t mean I have to listen to a fucking word you say” I respond

glass of

when we married, I always kept quiet when she would say awful things to me. I was so desperate to please Rowan, to get him to like me, that I let his workers

that he didn’t know.

think you’re something now that you’re apparently rich?” she sneers. “I bet you got

getting

of women are so insecure that they think everyone gets

spreading their legs.

dies down.

you” she goes to lunge at me, but I stand up

was done letting these

narrowing in slits.” The Ava you knew took your insults lying down,

I fucking swear you won’t

her, before fixing her green eyes on me. She

to humiliate me. The jokes on

she walks towards me, trying

shrug “Sure, if that’s how you want to

Rowan will be on your ass….we’ve danced this game before Ava.

to tell Rowan is that you’ve been rude to me and

I desperately didn’t want to have any more

her humiliate me. She would revel in it. Feeling powerful

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her a smile “Go ahead. I honestly don’t give a fuck. In fact, why don’t you take your phone out right

“You think I won’t?”

counting on you doing it” I reply

was starting to come back. Never will I allow a man to

going on here?”

father’s construction firm is the one I use when building Hope Houses. She is the owner of this restaurant. The construction firm is a family

the restaurants were all

you kick her out” Anita rushes to speak. “We were just minding

hands across my chest as I watch her make a fool

knows who Corrine is. No one though, knows that we know each other. I was waiting for

that so?” she asks,

to her. She wanted us to be friends, but at that time I thought that no one would want a loser like me as a friend.

when business was involved.

her head. She gives her friends a small signal and they all agree with