Chapter 76
Ex-Husband’s Regret
Mirror, mirror on the wallâ¦
1 swivel around. Shocked to see Rowan standing behind me.
Could this day get any worse? I ask myself, groaning internally.
âRowan?â I shriek, caught off guard. âWhat the hell are you doing here?â
Of all the times I had to bump into him, why now when I was standing in front of a sex toy shop?
This had to be the most embarrassing thing Iâve ever experienced.
âI could ask you the same thing?â He says looking behind me.
I feel my cheeks redden, because I know nothing I say will get me out of the situation. I was standing in
front of the shop and its windows displayed a variety of sex toys. It was hard to shrug off what kind of
store this was.
I look back at the store before facing him nervously. I donât know why I was nervous, but I was.
âIâm here to shop for maternity clothings and buy some things for the baby,â I lie.
He looks at me. His left eyebrow raised. âIn a sex shop? I donât think youâll find what youâre looking
for here, unless you have other things in mindâ
The tilt of his mouth lets me know that he was teasing me, which was a completely new concept
to me.
Instead of answering him, I start walking in the other direction. I expected him to at least leave
me alone, but he doesnât. Instead he falls in step with me.
âI didnât take you for a woman who would use sex toysâ he says, making me halt in my steps.
What the hell was wrong with him. Why the hell was he even bringing this up? Didnât he get the memo
that I wanted nothing to do with him? That I didnât want him near me. It was the reason
why I walked away in the first place.
âFirst of all, you donât know the type of woman I am. You never did, mainly because you thought I was
beneath you or something and second of all, whatâs wrong with using dildos and vibrators to
pleasure myself? I am a human being with needs, and they have to be fulfilled one way or another.
Now leave me the hell aloneâ
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1 see an inferno light up in his eyes, but I donât dwell on it. Not giving him a chance to speak, I start
walking again. This time I quicken my steps.
The man infuriated me and at times like this, I want nothing more than to slap the daylights out gets
worse when I remember all the shit he put me through, all because he was âin loveâ with Emma. Note
the sarcasm.
of him
I was now fuming. I would like to blame the pregnancy hormones, but I couldnât put all the blame
on them.
âAva?â
âWhat?âstopping, I snap, now realizing that he was striding next to me.
He was looking at me with his head tipped to the side. Almost like I was a puzzle he was trying to figure
out.
âHereâs a mom and baby shopâ he says pointing at the store that was a few feet from us.
I know I had lied about why I was here, but seeing the store made me realize that I was indeed in need
of maternity clothes. Plus I had yet to buy anything for the baby.
I stomp my feet grudgingly as I walk toward the store. I stop just as I cross the threshold and put
my arms out.
âWhat the hell are you doing?â I ask him when I realize that he was about to walk inside with me.
âIsnât it obvious? I am here to help you shopâ
âI didnât ask nor do I need your help, so turn your ass around and go back to where you came fromâ
I had reached my limit with him being so pushy about things that no longer concerned him.
Where was he when I needed him? Now that I donât, he thinks he can force himself in my life? Itâs
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Instead of backing off, he gets into my face,so much so that there is barely any space between us.
âIâm staying and Iâm going to watch as you try every fucking piece of cloth, Ava. You better get it inside
your head because Iâm not leaving until you buy what you needâ
My mouth falls open at his audacity. How dare he? Who the hell did he think he was? He wasnât
even the babyâs father for fucks sake!
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Before i can get a chance to give him a piece of my mind, someone interrupts our stare down. You
could literally cut the tension with a damn knife
âHi, how can I help you two?â the sweet voice says behind us
âMy wife is looking for some clothes for herself and the baby Rowan answers before I can, leaving me
completely shocked on
What the actual hell? Wife! I wasnât his fucking wife anymore. Why the hell would he tell her that? I
swear Rowan has completely lost it. He has gone ahead and joined the loony train. That was the only
explanation why he was behaving in such a way. 2
The store attendant smiles and motions for us. âFollow me. My name is Wendy and weâve just received
beautiful exclusive pieces that Iâm sure your wife will likeâ
Before I can correct her for her mistake. Rowan grabs my hand and gently drags me into the store.
Following behind Wendy like a damn puppy.
She sits us on one of the sofas then leaves. I turn and glare at Rowan. Completely pissed off.
âWhat the hell was that back there? I fume, feeling my anger reach dangerous peaks.
He looks at me lazily, before casually answering me with another question.
âWhat was what?
âDonât play dumb with me! Why the hell did you call me your wife, have you forgotten weâre divorced?
Or that youâre now dating Emma?â
âHere are the piecesâ Wendy says walking towards us with a stack of clothes.
What was with her and interrupting me. I was now mad at the poor soul because Rowan had
pissed me off. (2)
âHow about we start with this one?â She asks, holding a beautiful maxi dress up for me.
If it wasnât for the fact that I was seething, I would have appreciated how beautiful the dress
actually was.
âGo, try it onâ Rowan says seemingly unaffected by the suffocating tension in the room.
Grabbing the dress, I stomp to the direction of the changing rooms. He had another thing coming
if he thought that I was going to model for him. He could rot in hell for all I cared.
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Taking out my clothes, I put on the dress. The moment I look at myself in the mirror, all my anger just
sort of fades away. 1 looked damn beautiful. The dress did wonders for my figure and my growing baby
bump I immediately decide to take it.
After that I call Wendy. She hands me the next piece of cloth. It was a sundress and looked really nice.
Just like with the maxi dress, this one also looked really good on me. I loved their exclusive pieces.
They were gorgeous and just perfect for expectant mothers.
It was as I was about to try on a pair of jeans, that the door opened. His presence immediately alerted
me that it wasnât Wendy in the room with me.
I stood frozen, my eyes connecting with his through the mirror. He was holding a blue top while I stood
in nothing but my bra and panties.
âWhat the hell, Rowan!â I whisperâyelled turning to face him while trying to hide my ass and bulging
boob which literally spilled out of my bra.
Which reminded me, I needed maternity bras too.
He doesnât say anything. His eyes slowly peruse my body. It almost felt like a gentle caress and it
made me uncomfortable.
Taking one of the long dresses, I use it as some sort of shield. Hiding my partial nakedness.
He drops the top and starts to move towards me as if he was in a sort of trance. 2
Before I have the chance to do anything, he cages me between his body and the mirror. My breath
starts coming out rapidly as I start to panic. I never thought that I would find myself in such a
position with Rowan.
He lifts his hand. His finger caressing my lips, my neck before falling on my cleavage.
âTheyâre bigger than I rememberâ he says gruffly, his voice filled with something I donât want to
acknowledge. 1
âStep away Rowan,â I murmur.
Instead of doing what I asked, his hand continues its descent downward. He pushes the dress aside
and places his hand on my baby bump.
My breath still and his picks up.
His eyes stare at mine, and thatâs when I see it. I wanted to be wrong. I thought I was wrong, but I
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never saw directed at me. I saw nothing but burning desire.
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Iâm completely frozen by what Iâve seen. Unable to believe it. Unable to understand it. I remain
frozen in shock as his head descends.
Before he can get too close, I push him away. Unable to take in what was happening or the desire
that had coated the room.
My shove seems to have woken him up from his trance. He shakes his head as if trying to get rid
of the fog. I was breathing hard, confused as fuck about what had happened.
âAvaâ he says almost on a plea.
âNot another fucking wordâ I snarl at him.
I quickly put my clothes on before fleeing the room. I really loved the clothes, but I will be
damned if I had to spend another minute in Rowanâs presence.
Within minutes, Iâm outside the mall. Getting into my car, I drive off. My mind was a mess as I
tried to figure out what the hell was wrong with Rowan and why the hell he did what he did.
Rowan has never looked at me with desire, so why the hell did it look like he wanted nothing
more than to take me against that mirror? 3