Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M novel Chapter 521

“I’ll talk to my parents.” We turn, surprised to see Ava standing a few feet away, her focus on Travis. “Their revenge has gone on for too long.”

“Not long enough if you ask me,” Reaper chimes in, his voice full of disgust. “Given your treatment of Ava, I wouldn’t stop if I were them.”

“Seriously? And what about your brother? He played her and used her,” Travis raged, his anger evident.

“True, but he’ll be paying for that for a really long time... But what about you and your family? Ethan played her for a few months but ended up falling for her. You, on the other hand, have treated her like shit since she was a child. Can you really repay the damage you caused her?”

Rowan stiffens at the mention of Ethan and the love he has for Ava. I know my brother, and we have talked about this a few times. He’s still insecure when it comes to Ethan. It guts him that if it weren’t for the fact that Ethan messed up, Ava would have completely fallen in love with him, and he wouldn’t have had a chance with her.

I keep telling him that Ava’s heart always belonged to him. I try assuring him that if Ava were really and truly in love with Ethan, then she would have waited for him to get out of prison so they could finally be together… But no matter what, his insecurity still remains.

“Can we please just stop all this?” Ava asks in a whisper.

Rowan pulls her onto his lap, where she settles, melting into him. Rowan is her home. I don’t get how my brother can’t see that. He should stop worrying so much about Ethan.

Ava turns and focuses all her attention on Travis. “I don’t want to hate you anymore, Travis. I’m sick and tired of holding on to grudges and carrying this heavy weight that always pulls me down because I simply can’t let it all go and forgive.”

Travis looks shocked at her words. Rowan, on the other hand, doesn’t look surprised. He’s rubbing her baby bump while staring at her face as if she has him in a thrall.

“What do you mean?” Travis asks in an unsteady voice.

“It means I’ve forgiven you, and I’ve forgiven mother too... No more holding grudges,” She takes a deep breath. “One step at a time though, but for now, I’m no longer angry or bitter with both of you.”

Without any warning, he stands up, snatches her up from Rowan’s hands, and swings her around like a child while screaming ‘Thank you’ over and over again.

“Put me down, Travis, or I’ll throw up.”

Rowan follows suit. He snatches his wife back. “Do that again and, best friend or not, I’ll rip off your hands,” he warns while trying to steady Ava, who seems dizzy.

Travis steps back with his hands up in surrender, but a huge smile on his face. The shadows that were haunting him seemed to have disappeared when Ava told him she had forgiven him.

I smile knowing that things are falling into place like they were supposed to.

***

“You look tired.” My brows pull together at the exhausted look on Harper’s face.

I don’t get it. I made sure that she didn’t even lift a finger for the housewarming party, yet she looked like she was dead on her feet with how she was dragging her feet and her half-closed eyes. How the fuck is that even possible?

“I have a surprise for you,” she smiles, completely ignoring my statement.

The party was over. Letty and Travis, along with Connie and Reaper, decided to go to their homes and not stay. My parents, Rowan and Ava, are spending the night. The kids too. Gunner had permission from his dad to sleep over. Harper talked to Sierra’s mom, and she agreed too.

It was past eleven, and everyone was tucked in their bedrooms.

“I don’t really give a damn about a fucking surprise. Not when you look like you could fall asleep any minute now.”