Ex-Husband's Regret (Ava and Rowan) novel Chapter 95

I unlock it, before turning to face them. Six hands were better than four. Besides, some of the pieces looked heavy. It would be easier for both of them to carry instead of just me and Ethan.

“Will you stop having a stare down and come help me?” I ask when none of them move.

Rowan grunts then stomps towards me. Ethan soon follows.

“So what will you carry first?” I mumble when none of them move to do anything.

They were beginning to get on my nerve. I was sure none would leave, if I asked them, but they were also not helping. If I knew this was going to happen, I would have just hired someone.

Finally, Ethan moves first and grabs one end of the sofa. After clenching and unclenching his jaw, Rowan takes the other end.

They silently move and take the sofa into the living room. Picking what I could easily carry, I take them inside.

We work quietly. I did try to engage them, but they both seemed to be in a terrible mood.

Thirty minutes or so, most of the heavy stuff had been moved. I was getting some throw pillows when I heard a crash. I rushed inside the house to find Ethan and Rowan, rolling on the floor, punching each other.

“Stay the fuck away from her” Rowan growls, landing a punch on Ethan’s face.

I stare at them in shock. My mind refusing to believe that they were behaving like children fighting over a toy. Not that they were fighting over me. Rowan would never fight over me.

“The hell I will…you had your fucking chance and you blew it” Ethan shouts. He lands a hit, managing to punch Rowan in the gut.

“Would you two stop it!” I shriek, but no one pays me attention.

They continue fighting. Creating a mess in my house. Dropping the pillows, I go get a bowl of water. I don’t think when I empty it on top of both their heads.

They come out of it and stare at me like I’m the one that had lost her mind.

“Why can’t you see it? Why can’t you see he’s not the man he pretends to be? Open your fucking eyes and see the real him. Are you so fucking desperate to be loved, so desperate to have a man that you’re ignoring the truth that’s staring at you right in the fucking face?” he mocked.

The words hit me like shards of glass. Their sharp edges biting into my skin and heart.

“Get out of my fucking house, Rowan. I won’t let you disrespect Ethan or me” I seethed as my hands balled into fists. The need to hit him almost consuming me.

He glares at me. His eyes sending daggers. “If you can’t see reason, then I’ll gladly leave. I won’t stay here and see you making googly eyes at an asshole who has a hidden agenda and is only using you”

He turns, but before leaving he gives me one last look. “Mark my words, Ava, the bastard isn’t who he says he is and he will hurt you. When he does you’ll have no one to blame but yourself because I warned you and you didn’t listen”

With those disturbing words, he storms out my house. Banging the door behind him.

Rowan is wrong. I don’t know what’s gotten into him but he is wrong. Ethan would never hurt me. Unlike Rowan, he actually cares for me.