Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0504

I don't know, but for some reason, hearing him apologize released something inside me. something I couldn't explain and didn't even know I had been holding on to.

"It's not your fault, and there is nothing to forgive. I should have also realized earlier that we weren't meant to be. That our love was young, but it wasn't the forever kind. Hell, I don't really think we would have been together had our parents not pushed us into a relationship."

Rowan chuckles before his lips turn into a grin. "So, you realized too that our parents were the reason we got together too? Their talk about how we would make a beautiful couple and all that shit. That got into our head and hearing it so often we started believing it."

"True, I don't think we would have gotten together had it not been for them. Everywhere we turned, there was always someone who thought we would be perfect together. Well, except Ava." I smile, remembering that she's the only one who didn't like that Rowan and I were together.

"I think she saw something that none of us saw." Rowan runs a hand down his face and says, "Maybe on a spiritual level, she just knew that you and I weren't meant to be together."

who could see that Rowan and I weren't compatible. She's the only one who saw right through the illusion we were forced to believe.

to marry you should have been a sign, but I was still blind. I am glad it led you to Ava that night. I see it now, we would have both ended up miserable had we gotten married.

without saying anything, the shine in his eyes

want things to be awkward between us, given that your brother is one of my closest friends, Gunner is Noah's best friend, and

about it

in with

is Iris?" she asks before handing me a glass, even though I'd told her I was

gaze as she hands me the glass. No doubt. No jealousy. No suspicion. There is only kindness, trust and warmth. That is the look of her woman, who was secure in her marriage. A woman who trusted her husband even

hand around her waist before pulling her to him. He then leans down and gives her a soft, quick kiss. "Once the tea party was over,