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.”

to make sure he looks dashing and handsome. I laugh at that, feeling joy and happiness spreading inside

“Ava!”

dad entering 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 hearing me

I

we didn’t want to miss a single thing.” Mom tells me giddily. “This is the first

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

know Rowan, and I bought him a lot of gifts, but this was on another

Rowan says next to me. “There is a space set aside for gifts; you won’t

I didn’t even notice when he arrived. In my defense, though, there was a lot going on and a lot of noise. I didn’t hear

he says, greeting

Mom greets back, but dad

her, she was sound asleep. She rarely sleeps when it’s noisy. She’s the

like she’s asleep,” Mom begins. “How about we girls take Iris

swoops Iris from Rowan’s arms, grabs my hand, and

gently lays Iris in her crib. Once she’s settled, she takes my hand, and we take a seat near the window.

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

my head. “No. I’m still not sure about

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

to interrupt, but she cuts

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