Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0478

As we chat, Ava's eyes keep going back to Rowan. You can see the love that is there. Despite everything he put her through she still managed to give him another chance.

Rowan's eyes, of course, keep drifting to his wife too. It's like he simply can't keep his eyes from her or his hand for that matter, given he keeps finding ways to touch her.

I know how cruel Rowan was to Ava in those three years of marriage to Gabriel. He treated her like she was nothing. Now though, she seems to be his whole world. His love for her openly shines. I never thought that he'd ever change towards her, but the evidence of his change and love is staring at me directly in the face.

*Something is bothering you," Ava whispers, pulling me from my thoughts.

turn to her, my eyes searching her face. "Have you truly forgiven Rowan? How did you do

am being honest, I am freaking scared

eyes shift to her husband, before

have forgiven him, and that's the easy part. The hard part is letting go and forgetting. I won't lie to you, Harper, it isn't easy. There isn't a magic potion that will make you forget what he did. Other days are harder than others,

revealed. I never would have thought that there are times she would question

him. I tried flashing that love out and killing it. I tried moving on. I tried ignoring it. It still remained. Still fought to hold

the way he has treated me and loved me since he realized it's me he wants. It's in the small and big ways he has proved to me, still proving to me, that he loves me. It's in how he looks at me, takes care of me and shows me that I'm the only

treasured and taken care of my heart since I gave it back to him. Those things are what keeps me fighting during times my memories threaten to drown me. He is right there with me when ghosts of our past show up to