Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 105

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The bright light coming through my window makes me open my eyes. Instead of getting up

immediately, I just stay in bed for a while as I rub my belly and feel my baby move inside me.

I look at the calendar on my bedside table and realize that today I just hit the sixth–month

milestone. It’s scary to have a baby. The whole journey is filled with uncertainty. I always make

sure to thank God each time I pass a milestone with my baby, knowing not all babies get to be

born.

After saying a small thank–you prayer, I get up and move downstairs. I could always shower later,

but right now I am hungry. With everything that happened yesterday, I forgot to eat.

Thinking about yesterday brings me to what happened with Rowan. I still can’t believe that I let

him kiss me or that I actually enjoyed it.

It bugs me so much that I wanted more. I wanted him to deepen the kiss. I wanted him to take it

further. I can blame it on the hormones, but we all know that I’d be lying to myself.

Rowan hurt me so much. The fact that I wanted him yesterday makes me hate myself just a little

bit. I promised myself to move on, yet there I was making out with him in my living room.

I want to believe that Rowan has changed, but I just can’t. Even if, by some miracle, he has, don’t

you think it’s a little too late for us? Too much has already happened for us to make something out

of the mess he created.

Taking out the ingredients for breakfast, I get to work. No matter what I try, I still can’t stop

thinking about the

kiss. For heaven’s sake, why the hell did this kiss affect me so much? I

just don’t fucking get it, honestly.

erase the feel of his

got you so frustrated?” Calvin’s voice startles me so much that I let go of the eggs

holding.

lights out of me,”

beating heart.

you heard us, given

to find them munching on the cookies that I had

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just a little bit

grin slips from his face. “Are you still thinking about what

but he didn’t need to know that I was thinking about

different thing.

are you making for breakfast, mom?” Noah

fry up” I

air.

breakfast food at once.”

one day Emma will see the error

almost done?” Noah asks.

Just a few more minutes, and I’ll be done. Why don’t you

I finish up?”

the same time, before

tools from me and proceeds to clean up the mess I’d made. “Sorry I

here for breakfast when we should have given you more time to

they

cook. He just didn’t make it like I did. Their word,

mine.

would have finished cooking and brought some over anyway, so it’s not

get back to frying

holding up, all things considered?” I

feel relieved that now everyone knows about

a dirty secret. After

it being just the two of us, but I knew it was unfair to

had a family. Gunner deserves to

weren’t people worth knowing, but

Gunner

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