Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0336

Ava

I’m already worn and tired. Don’t get me wrong, I love Noah, but I can’t wait for his party to end so that I can rest. The past few days have been busy with planning the part. That managed to keep my mind occupied, but not by much.

I’m still in turmoil about what I should do. Every time I look at him, I can’t help but wonder if I should give him a chance or not. I do love him, but I’m just not sure I’ll ever truly heal and let go of everything he has put me through.

Pulling myself from those thoughts, I text Kate and tell her it’s okay for her to bring Emma. Travis was obviously coming, as were Rowan’s parents and Kate. They attended every birthday Noah has ever had. It would be rude of me not to invite them because of my issues with them. Besides, Noah wanted them here.

She replies immediately and says they’ll be over in around thirty minutes. I know it might be immature of me, but I wanted to test Rowan. I wanted to see if there were any lingering feelings between him and Rowan.

“Mom!” Noah screams my name, scaring the life out of me.

“What is it?” I ask, turning, only to find him grinning from ear to ear.

Seeing him this happy makes all my troubles and worries melt away. Iris was still with Rowan and Gabe, but both she and Noah were my life. Even if I decide not to get back together with Rowan, having them in my life would be enough.

“Is it time yet?” His excitement is evident, making me laugh at how he was bouncing from one foot to another.

“Not yet,” I answer him. “But in a few minutes, your guests will start arriving. I’ll call you then so you can help me welcome them.”

He nods his head eagerly. Happiness radiating from every pore of his body. “Okay, call me when it’s time.”

rushes/upstairs, all the while muttering how he’s going to make sure he

“Ava!”

the house. I’d decided to call them that after I went back to pick up Iris that day. It just felt right, and they were happy to hear me call them that. Theo had told me he’d missed

Mom, hi Dad,” I

didn’t want to miss a single thing.” Mom tells me giddily. “This is the first time we get to celebrate our grandson’s birthday and we wanted to be here to witness everything.”

bought gifts; I hope it’s not too much,” Dad adds. “We’ve missed so many birthdays and we wanted to

staring in shock as two of their drivers walked in with mountains of presents. I know Rowan, and I bought him a lot of gifts, but this was on another level. My mouth continues to hang

me. “There is a space set aside for gifts; you won’t miss

arrived. In my defense, though, there was

Theo,” he says, greeting my parents

back, but dad just

of her mouth. It surprised me that, despite the noise around her, she was sound asleep. She rarely sleeps when it’s noisy. She’s the type of child who requires absolute quietness so as to

girls take Iris up

a chance to answer. She gently swoops Iris from Rowan’s arms, grabs my

we get there, mom gently lays Iris in her

tell me, have you made a decision about Rowan?” she asks, holding my

my head. “No.

think that you should start getting therapy. Letty had told me that you’d started but stopped for obvious reasons. I think that you should resume.” She begins.

but she

you need this. Whether you choose to stay with Rowan or not, you will still need therapy. You can’t say that you’ll heal on your own, and sitting around without addressing the issue won’t help at all. You’ll try to move on, whether with Rowan or not, but the past will always drag you back until you address