Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0327

Ava.

“Is it okay if I come to visit tomorrow? There is something I wanted to talk to you about.”

I was on a phone call with Nora, or should I say my biological mother. I’ve been thinking hard these past few days, and I decided that I was finally going to give them a chance.

Both Nora and Theo seem like good people, and I’ve always craved that parental love. Maybe this was my chance of getting it. I wanted to get to know them, and I wanted a relationship with them.

It’s not their fault that Kate and James were horrible parents to me, and I couldn’t judge them based on my bad experience with my adopted parents.

“That would be wonderful, Ava. We’ve missed you and our grandchildren so much. I wanted to call or visit, but I didn’t want to push you if you weren’t ready,” she gushed in a sing song voice.

It made me smile, to be honest, and I haven’t smiled since that night.

“What time is okay with you?”

“Ava, you’re our daughter; whatever time you want to come, day or night, is simply fine with us” she answers.

After talking with her for a while, we finally hung up. Releasing a tired sigh, I place my phone down and just stare at the blank television.

wanders back to that night. How did things just shift from great to downright ugly? Everything had been perfect until my brain chose to remember. I’ve come to realize that

thought that’s what he thought of me or our intimate moments. I’ve always wanted more passion and heat between us, and I knew that he was holding back, but I still loved the rare occasions we slept together. I treasured them

he didn’t value me. I was naïve, what the hell did I expect? That he actually enjoyed fucking me? I was nothing but a hole that satisfied his deepest fantasies

tired of constant thinking about those words. The kids were asleep, and it

it and turn of the lights when I heard a car, seconds later a knock.

the only thing preventing

I had to bring him home” Gabe greets respectfully, something that shocks me

shake my head to clear the fog before nodding, “It’s okay,

step aside and let them into the house. Since that night, Rowan has rarely slept here. He chose to stay at his penthouse to give me space. He’s

in close proximity, I ignored him like he didn’t exist. For a moment, I also almost blocked his number.

take him to the bedroom?” Gabe asks.

I’m still speechless seeing Rowan drunk and passed out. The last time he got drunk was a day before Noah was born, I don’t understand why he’s back at it

down and he’s about

drink?” I ask, studying

not as much as Rowan”

this. Before, we would just ignore each other, but right now it felt like

your driver

had someone drop me off at the club when I heard that Rowan was drinking alone. I drove his car back here”

spend the night here. There is no need for you to drive back home while intoxicated, in fact you shouldn’t have driven here. You should have called a cab.”

I can take a taxi” he looks at me weirdly, but