Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0257

“There is something I want to show you,” Rowan tells me as he walks into the guest bedroom.

I

I was already done feeding Iris, and now she was fast asleep. Quickly but gently, I pull my nipple from her

mouth and cover up. Rowan is my husband. He has seen me naked hundreds of times, yet this felt

different for some reason, especially with his eyes trained on my breast.

“They’re darker than I remember,” he mumbles, almost to himself.

“What?”

“You’re nipples”

I chuckle nervously, but don’t say a word. This is the first time Rowan has ever said anything about my body. I don’t know what to say or how to react to that.

Even on the rare occasion when we had sex, he managed to detach himself completely from the process. You see in the romance novels where the male lead worships the female lead’s body? Or where he is

really verbal about how sexy her body is? I never got that after Rowan and I got married.

It wasn’t bad, and at least I got off, even if it wasn’t earth–shattering, but I just always wanted more, you know? With Rowan, it is more like ‘wham bam, thank you, ma’am. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he would

of me. It’s like he couldn’t wait to get my scent from his skin. After the shower, he would either go to the office to work or leave

soft touches or caresses. No

formulaic, and completely

only time I got what novels always talk about was when we first

I

And over the years, he has proven

me he didn’t

ready to see what I have to show?” he

head, pulling myself away from the memories. I mean, it’s probably been months since

“Yes, sure”

I

Iris in the

leads us out of the room and towards

my ring is.” I

When we got married, there weren’t any rings. Rowan didn’t see a reason for them. I did though. I was a married woman and people needed to know that. I got myself a cheap one from a store and wore it since. Rowan never

the hospital, but it got lost somewhere

mean, it’s a normal occurrence. I will just get another

he says, stopping outside one

the room,

in the master bedroom, but I thought it wouldn’t hurt

one of

a baby girl’s haven. The room was adorned with soft shades of pink and lilac. The walls