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.

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

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 and it hurt knowing that to him it wasn’t anything

me. I was naïve, what the hell did I expect? That

away. I was tired of constant thinking about those words. The kids were asleep,

and head to the door. I was about to lock it and turn of the lights when I heard a car, seconds later a knock.

find Gabe and Rowan. Rowan was drunk and the only thing preventing him from face planting

Sorry to bother you this late, but I had to bring him home” Gabe greets

clear the fog before nodding, “It’s okay, come in”

that night, Rowan has rarely slept here. He chose to stay at his penthouse to give me space. He’s tried everything, calling, texting, talking directly to me, but I refused to hear him out because the wound has still

calls remained answered, I deleted his texts without reading them and when we were in close proximity, I ignored

him to the bedroom?”

drunk and passed out. The last time he got drunk was a day before Noah was born,

later, Gabe comes down and he’s about

I ask, studying him.

not as much as Rowan”

but right now it felt like I could actually talk to

your driver with you?”

I heard that Rowan was drinking

you shouldn’t have driven here. You should have

me weirdly, but I don’t have