Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

I clench my hands in fists. She was baiting me and I knew it. Everyone in the city knew

what

happened to me. Someone had managed to leak the story and the media had been

running wild

with it. They had also managed to find out about the previous attempts on my life. So far

Rowan.

was trying to find out who had leaked the story after he had buried the other two.

Christine has never liked me. She would always take any chance she got to put me down

and tear

me a part. Of course Rowan never believed me when I told him she was a bitch to me. He

always

took her side, claiming that I’m the one that probably provoked her first. 2

“I’m not sure what you’re trying to achieve when I know you know full well exactly what

happened to me” I tell her calmly.

“I’m not trying to achieve anything just stating facts. I wouldn’t be surprised if whoever

wanted

you dead was a woman you tried stealing her man, after all, that’s what you are good at.

Stealing

other women’s men because you’re a slut” 1

I run my eyes down her body then back up. She looked elegant and impeccable like

always while I

looked like I had gone a few rounds with a MMA fighter.

“All these years and you still tell me the same things, don’t you ever come up with

something

new? It’s tiring hearing the same shit over and over again” I mock.

She looks at me shocked, Probably because I talked back. It’s something I’ve never done.

Always

afraid of fighting back and getting on Rowan’s bad side. This time though, I had nothing to

lose.

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+15 BONUS

She recovers quickly and gives me an evil smile. “How does it feel to lose Rowan? Does it

hurt

knowing that he’s with your sister right now?”

Of course it hurts, sometimes, but I’m slowly starting to let go of him. I’m slowly starting

to kill the love I have for him. It also helps that Ethan distracts me from thoughts of my

ex–husband.

“Christine, you did everything to get me out of the way thinking Rowan will notice you.

Even when we were married, you tried your best to seduce him but he never reciprocated.

Sure, he didn’t love me but I was his wife while you were nothing but a mere secretary one

he had no interest in. So, I pose the same question back, how does it feel to know you will

never be his woman? That he will never see you as anything other than his secretary. How

does it feel to know that he doesn’t consider you woman enough? That he preferred to

fuck me even though he hated me rather than take you as his mistress? And how does it

feel to know that you won’t stand a chance now that Emma was back?” I smirk, feeling

happy that I finally spoke up.

“You ugly bitch!” she snarls before lunging at me.

I manage to side step her in time and she trips on her extremely high and expensive

heels.

Getting up quickly she comes at me. I don’t think when I take the carton of milk in my cart

and

throw it at her.

I watch as it drenches her dress. Both of us staring in shock. With what I can only describe

as a

war cry, she comes at me. Seething and screaming like a banshee. I take whatever I can

get my

hands on and throw it at her.

We attract a small crowd and one or two of them had their phones out. It was a damn

mess. Just

as she was about to slap me, someone grabs her by the waist. Another on grabs me and

pulls me

in the opposite direction.

“Let me go!” I scream.

They don’t listen. Not until I’m pushed outside the store. The other guy soon arrives with

Christine, who was kicking and screaming.

“You two are banned from this store. If I so much as see you near it, I will call the cops on

you” a

man who I assume is the manager seethes before he walks back inside the store.

“This is all you damn fault” Christine screams.

“My fault? I’m not the one who attacked first. I was just defending myself from a deranged

woman

who wanted to harm me”

3/5

“I swear you’ll pay for this Ava. Mark my words” with that she turns and stomps away.

+15 BONUS

I sigh and head towards my beat up car. I get up and drive home with mixed feelings.

Happy that I had finally put Christine in her place and angry that I had let her taunts get to

me.

It’s not a secret that she’d always wanted Rowan. Rowan never noticed her and her desire

though, so she took out his rejection out on me. I push those thoughts away and focus on

driving.

For the first time since this day started, I feel happiness when I pull into my driveway and

see Ethan seated on the steps to my house. I park my car and get out.

“Where were you?” he asks standing up. “I was worried when I called you and you didn’t

pick up”

“Sorry! I forgot it at home when I went to the store to buy some groceries” I answer him as

I open the door.

I usher him inside and lead him to the kitchen.

“Really? So where are the groceries?”

I look at him sheepishly. “I got into a fight with someone and I got kicked out of the store.

In fact they banned me from ever stepping a foot there”

“What?!” he snarls.

“I know it was foolish of me but Christine has been bitch to me for as long as I can

remember. I was just tired of putting up with her” I answer in a low voice.

I waited for him to berate me for my actions. It’s something that Rowan would do. He

would tell me to stop acting like a child and to grow up. To stop seeking attention by

getting into fights with his secretary.

To my surprise, Ethan pulls me into his arms. His hand resting on my hip. He tips my chin

up so that I’m staring at his hypnotizing blue eyes.

“I’m glad you are okay, that she didn’t hurt you” he begins. “You should never feel bad for

defending yourself, Ava. Whether it’s mentally or physically. I’m proud of you, proud that

you

finally put her in her place”

I’m mesmerized by him. His eyes, his strong jawline, his lips. It’s like he cast a spell on me.

I watch in a trance as his head lowers. My heart beating wildly in my chest. His lips

connect with mine, his tongue tangles with mine, sealing our mouths together.