Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 60

“Is it because she’s not your mother?” maybe he just had a problem with Emma because she wasn’t his mother. Maybe he just feels like she’s taking his mother’s place.

“I just don’t like. Plus she’s mommy’s sister, that’s just wrong dad” he says as a matter of fact.

Is it a coincidence that Noah shares the same dislike Ava has for Emma? Could it be that she has been poisoning our son against Emma? I wouldn’t be surprised if she was.

“Listen, Noah, I’m dating Emma and I expect you to treat her with respect. One day I’ll probably marry her and she’ll be your step mother. You’ll have to get used to seeing her around”

I needed to nip whatever was growing inside him. Noah had to understand that Emma wasn’t going anywhere.

“Never” he shouts defiantly through the phone.

“Noah…”

“If you like her then fine but just know I will never accept her. I will never like her and she will never be any kind of mother to me.” He all but growls.

Before I can say anything else, he hangs up the phone. I immediately call again but it’s switched off. I stare at my phone dumbfounded. Not understanding what the hell had gotten into him.

He has never been hateful towards anyone, but for some reason he hates Emma even though he doesn’t even know.

I feel like I’ve just made everything worse. That he was now even more pissed at me.

I don’t get the time to dwell on those thoughts. The door to my mansion opens and Emma walks in smiling. I had given her a key a few weeks back.

I look at her beautiful face. We were finally together after such a long fucking time. I thought that things would fall into place and yet the opposite seemed to be happening. Everything seemed to be working against us.

“What’s wrong?” she asks coming to stand next to me.

After my conversation with Noah, I was just not in the mood of having her around. She goes to kiss me but I side step her and sit down on the sofa.

“Rowan?” she calls me

“Is this the reason why you’ve been distant? I’ve been back for a couple of months and you’re yet to kiss me or touch me. Is Noah’s reluctance to accept me holding you back?”

What could I fucking say? Every time I want to kiss her or she wants to kiss me, something hold me back. Instead I find myself pushing her away or pecking her cheek or forehead but never her mouth.

Is something wrong with because I just didn’t understand. I’ve pinning for this woman since I was twenty one and now that I have her, I can’t even bring myself to kiss her.

“Yes” I lie to her. There was no need to hurt her more than I already have.

We stay quiet. My mind reeling from my thoughts.

“It’s okay, don’t worry. Things will work out and I’ll win him over eventually” she links our hands together.

I want to believe her but I can’t. Something tells me that things won’t get better. That and the fact that deep down I know that if push comes to shove, she isn’t the one I’ll chose.