Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 81

Ava

I was dead on my feet and I wanted nothing more than to soak in a bathtub before going to sleep.

We had been planning this banquet for weeks. At first I wasn’t supposed to come. It was supposed to be like always where Mary represented me. After my breakdown in the kitchen that day, I decided it was time to stop hiding.

Mary was excited when I told her that I would be attending the dinner party. For five years my identity had remained a secret. Not because I was afraid of anyone finding out but because I just wanted to live my life in peace.

I didn’t want to be in the limelight. I didn’t want people all of a sudden sucking up to me because they realized I was rich. Now, though I could come out of the shadows. I knew those that are genuine and those that are not.

I mean fuck, there are already people here tonight who were trying to get on my good graces. Men and women who had looked down on me and treated me like shit before, simply because I didn’t have a high paying job and according to them. Because they believed I didn’t have a dime to my name.

It was fucking frustrating. I just wanted to be away from them all.

“I still can’t believe that you’re the founder of Hope Foundation” Letty says awe in her voice. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

It was hours after my talk with Rowan. I stood next to him and told him my mind. Told him how things were going to be like and I felt nothing.

There's just something so rejuvenating about letting the past go. I wasn’t fully healed, but my heart didn’t hurt every freaking second like it used to.

I feel nothing towards Rowan and my so called family. No anger. No bitterness. No hatred. I was sort of numb and I liked that. I liked that I could now breathe easily without the constant feeling of drowning.

When Travis told her to leave, I knew I couldn’t let her. I asked Mary to tell the bodyguard to stop her and bring her to our table. As for Christine, it was just a little payback for all those times she was cruel to me. It was so satisfying seeing her leave with her tail tucked between her legs.

“You can go to him Letty…it’s okay, I don’t mind” I tell her nodding my head towards Travis’ direction.

He also threw glances at Letty once in a while. She didn’t notice it, but I did.

“I can’t…Not after his abominable behavior. He says he wants you to be forgiven by you and yet he allows Emma and Christine trash talk you” her anger rises just a little, showing just how much it still pissed her off.

“I’m thankful that you stood up for me, but as you can see I don’t need anyone fighting my battles” I give her a soft smile. “You love Travis, I see that. You’re my friend, Letty. My bestfriend if I was being honest and that means I want the best for you. I want you happy and if Travis makes you happy then I can accept that”