Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M novel Chapter 503

“When did you get so mature?” I tease, bumping my shoulders with hers. “I’m older, I should be wiser.”

“Maturity comes with experience, you know.” She shrugs her shoulders and smiles. “Love drives us to do what is best for our children. So as long as you are driven by love, you’ll always want what’s best for you kids, and you will make decisions based on that.”

We are silent for a while, as I just d******d what she told me. It makes me feel less like a failure knowing that even Ava has doubts when to me she’s the epitome of a perfect mother.

“Where is Iris, by the way?” I ask looking around, noticing that I haven’t seen the little one since I arrived.

“She’s in her room with Rowan, playing tea party.” Her answer is accompanied by a grin.

I couldn’t help it when I burst out laughing. “Rowan? Playing tea party?”

It sounded so weird. So out of the norm, it felt like we were talking about a different person. A different Rowan.

I can already imagine him with badly put-on makeup, nail polish and a skirt. The thought alone makes me laugh harder and Ava joins in.

That aside, I admire his relationship with Iris. It takes a different kind of man to raise someone else’s child and love her unconditionally. You wouldn’t even know that Iris isn’t his biological child. He loves her just as much as he loves Noah. That girl has a special place in Rowan's heart.

“Are sure you don’t want something to drink?” Ava asks once again after our laugh dies down.

“I’m sure,” I smile.

“Maybe you can stay for lunch,” she insists

“I don’t know, Ava,” I reply. “I don’t want to intrude.”

“Come on, you won’t be intruding. Have lunch with us and then you can go.”

I look into her eyes and I can tell that she really wants to me to stay. I never thought I’d ever enjoy Ava’s company but I do. I actually do. So, I nod my head.