Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 84

My choice
Rowan

I can’t explain the fear I felt when I saw the bastard pointing a gun at her head. She was shaking,

and tears were falling down her face. I heard as she pleaded with him to spare her, but I knew he

wouldn’t.

When she closed her eyes. As if accepting her fate. It nearly brought me to my fucking knees. If it

wasn’t for the fact that I knew she was tired, I would have spared the man just so I could give him

my own personal version of torture.

“She needs a doctor, Rowan” she says in a small voice as I kneel down before her.

I had already texted Gabe. The ambulance would be here in minutes. It’s not that I didn’t care for

Emma; I did. I just cared for Ava more. (2)

I take her face gently into my hands. Her cheek was swollen, and so was her eye. It had already bruised, and her lip was split.

My face hardened at the thought of someone laying their hands on her.

“Who hit you? Was it Ronny” I ask through clenched teeth.

She winces when I run my hand down her bruised cheek. Fuck! Her pain made my heart constrict.

I wanted nothing more than to kill the bastard who hurt her.

“It doesn’t matter… We need to get Emma to a hospital” she says as she begins to stand up.

I push her down gently and continue to inspect her. Totally ignoring what she said. Her wrists were bleeding, and her ankles were swollen and bruised.

The more I took in her wounds, the angrier I got. She shouldn’t have to go through this. Especially not when she was fucking pregnant.

“Rowan, are you not listening to me” Her tone is exasperated, and I know if it weren’t for the fact that she was tired and hurt, she would have thrown a few choice words at me.

“I’m listening, and the ambulance will be here.” I answer. “Now tell me who hurt you.”

She lets out a deep long breath. Sagging in relief against the car

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It was one of Ronny’s men. He hit me when I talked back at him” she tells me tiredly.

“Give me a facial description”

I was going to find the bastard. No one. I mean, no one gets away with hurting Ava. He was going

to regret the day he was fucking born.

It doesn’t matter. When I escaped, he found us first. I kneed him in the balls, then shot both his

thighs

I can’t help the small smile that forms on my lips. I liked this side of Ava. Loved that she was no

longer willing to take crap from anyone.

Before I could ask why she thought escaping was a good idea, we heard the sirens, shouts, and

shots. Gabe, Travis, and the paramedic reach us moments later.

The paramedics take Emma from Ava’s lap before placing her on a stretcher.

one of

Ava hesitate a little

while we were trying to escape. I tried to stop the bleeding as best as I

lost–consciousness.” Her eyes were trained on

she going to be alright?” she asked, her voice full of

the things I’ve come to love

but that d

was a fucking angel, and I curse

this long

pulse is a bit weak, but she’ll be okay once we get her to a

They wheel her away.

asks her. The concern in his

comes out in a low voice as she struggles to get up. “Go,

needs

bending down to kiss her cheeks. I know it’s from the fact that

she doesn’t push him away. Otherwise,

Gabe

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help?” I question after watching her struggle

answers,

Hugging her

lacks her normal fire backing it up. It goes to show just how

my arms like this. Like everything in the fucking universe was aligning itself. If I could stay like this forever, then it’s a fate

to my car, I can’t help but wonder. I’ve never allowed myself to be this close to her. To hold her, hug her or kiss her. I always held a part of myself hidden from her.

my soul?

to my car when Brian

fucking see that I was carrying

most of the Reapers,

news.

want to pound someone. The fact that

as he was still out there, none of those I care about would

find him” I snap

and gently drop Ava in the front seat. Buckling her

the hospital.

we

Make sure you and the

acceptance before leaning back against the seat. It doesn’t take us long to get to the

her up. I didn’t mind carrying her, but I also know

her to answer

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I say when she opens

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her into my arms and carry her in. As soon as the nurses notice

we’ll take care of her and call you immediately we have news” they assure me

her down

parents” she tells

I don’t say a lot. Just

the hospital.

then call my parents to check up on Noah. The moment I got the call from Ronny, I asked them to pick him up. Once I make sure that he’s safe I head towards the waiting room where

Travis and Kate.

I ask sitting

“Not yet” Travis answers.

is she?” Kate asks

just to make

Being here reminds me of everything that happened after James died. It reminded me of how I was overcome with emotion after

nine years.

In that moment, I had gone back in time. Back to the time when she meant the world to me. I had been so lost in memory that I hadn’t noticed

dived for Emma instead. Ava became different after that event. It’s like the Ava we knew had died and a new one had been born. I’ll never

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