Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0340

I try to pull my eyes away from hers, but it’s difficult. Her pain is gripping, and I’m the one it has a hold on.

She’s in a corner all by herself. Mother was busy socializing, and so was Trevor. Her posture and look weren’t really inviting at all. She looked like she could shrink in on herself at any moment, but what disturbed me most was the anguish in her eyes. I understood pain; after all, haven’t I been through it already? Countless times, in fact.

Now I understand where her pain is coming from. I understand the cause of her depressed and sad state. It’s Gunner. Her son.

“What are you looking at, Ava?” Letty’s voice sounds far away.

It’s like I was hypnotized. I couldn’t look away. I couldn’t see anything except her.

Calvin shakes me, and with great difficulty, I turn to him. He looks at me questioningly. I didn’t understand it, but for some weird reason, I wanted to comfort Emma.

“Why are you staring at Emma like a deer caught in headlights?” Corrine asks, her eyebrows furrowed.

the woman, but her eyes were no

two words, unable to complete the

her… From what I hear, guilt and regret are hitting her

Calvin, but his expression is cold and stoic, revealing absolutely nothing. Either all the feelings he had for Emma are gone, or they’ve

Gabe, his dad, and some others. Trevor was there, but you could tell there was a bit of tension

with Rowan. Looking at it as a mature adult, could it be that my obsession ruined the

happened. I wouldn’t have slept with Rowan, we wouldn’t have gotten married, Rowan and Emma wouldn’t have broken up, and neither Emma nor Rowan would have spiraled, meaning Emma wouldn’t have hooked up with Calvin, and neither would she have strung

would have been painful losing Rowan, but I think that probably I would have moved on later on and so would

back.” I excuse myself and

living room for a little while. The realization that I might have been the cause

That everyone has their own paths to follow. I perfectly understand that ultimately every choice Rowan, Calvin, and Emma made is on them and that it isn’t my fault for the mistakes they made, but I still can’t help but feel that I was the catalyst; my obsession was the catalyst for what led

okay, Ava?” Teresa’s voice startles me, and I almost

“I’m just

the cake,” she informs me, and I stare