Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 85

“He’ll never find out, you know why? Because he’ll believe whatever I tell him. That’s how much he trusts me”

“A trust you’ve broken countless of times.” Ava lets out a breath. “Rowan is my least favorite person and I would gladly push him off a cliff for what he has put me through, but he doesn’t deserve to be blindsided by the woman he loves. The woman he has faithfully loved for years. It’s unfair to him”

With that she again goes to step around Emma but she grabs her hand again.

“Let me go or I swear I’ll have my men kick you out like I did with Christine and Brenda” Ava warns, a dangerous tone in her voice.

I step out of the shadows. It was time for Emma and I to have a little chat.

“That won’t be necessary. I promise I will deal with her”

They both turn to me. Ava gets out of Emma’s hold and leaves without giving us a second glance. Emma is frozen. Looking like a deer caught in headlights.

“How long have you been standing there?” she asks, her voice trembling.

“Long enough to know that you’ve been lying to me” I snarl, completely pissed off. “Now I want you to tell me the truth right now, dare lie to me Emma and I fucking swear you won’t like it”

She swallows before hesitantly nodding.

“Did Ava slap you two weeks ago?” I ask, my jaw clenched.

“Yes?”

“Why?”

She doesn’t say anything. Just stares at the ground. It’s fucking funny how she had a lot to say to Ava, but now she was all of a sudden mute.

“Fucking answer me Emma!” I boom, startling.

She had to realize I wasn’t a boy anymore. I wasn’t the same guy that would ignore her flaws because he loved her.

“B-because…” she doesn’t finish the sentence. Her mouth clamps shut and she looks at me with tears filling her eyes.

“It’s only because of the history we shared that I won’t make you pay, but no one and I mean no one gets away with fucking with my son.”

“Please don’t do this, Rowan” she cries trying to grab me. “This is supposed to be our second chance”

She throws herself at me but I gently entangle her from my body.

“Maybe and maybe not” I tell her before walking away.

I hear her crying and calling my name but I don’t turn back. This time her tears don’t move me.

This was the best decision for us. Not only because of what she did, but also because my head was a fucking mess.

I didn’t want to hurt her but I also knew that would be inevitable with my current mental state. I couldn’t claim I loved her while thoughts of my ex-wife occupied my entire head. I couldn't claim I wanted to be with her when the thought of Ava with someone else manages to push me over the edge.

I thought I didn't have any feelings for Ava, but what if I was fucking wrong this whole time?