Ex-Husband's Regret

Chapter 0516

I fold my hands on top of the kitchen counter. I don't know what to do or say to that.

"How did that make you feel?" I finally ask him after a while.

"I don't know. I talked to Noah, and he told me that she also apologized to him for trying to come in between Uncle Rowan and Aunt Ava."

Well, that's news to me. It seems like Emma was going around apologizing to those she wronged, including children, who most people would overlook.

*She apologized to me too, a few weeks ago," I confess.

"How did that make you feel?"

*Trying to be the parent, are you?" I chuckle. "But we are not talking about me; it's you I'm worried about."

He sighs. "I don't know. I am still angry at her and hurt. My chest hurts when I think about how much it used to hurt when she didn't want anything to do with me."

*I understand that, buddy, and you have every right to be angry. No one can fault you for being hurt, okay? It's also okay when you don't know how you feel. Emotions can be messy and conflicting at times."

know that he's still hurt, but I also don't want

feel conflicted. I am

that? I rack my

about you let your anger towards her cool

but would you be

forward and kiss his temple before ruffling his hair. "Never. It's your decision, and I'll support you if that's what you want, but you have to understand that your mother and I won't be together like you wanted in the past. We won't

shoulder. "I already figured that out the moment you introduced me to Kinley. She

surprise me and catch

smile. "Did you honestly think I wouldn't notice?

So, you wouldn't mind if I started dating

Kinley into our lives. It's important to make sure that my son is comfortable with

then to hell with it. I'll always put Gunner before any woman

answers. "I've been wondering when you'll grow some balls and

*Gunner!"

"What?"