Ex-Husband's Regret (by Evelyn M.M) novel Chapter 24

I turn to look at Emma. Standing next to her is Travis. Unlike Emma, he looked like hell.

“Has she woken up?” Travis asks. His voice soft.

The whole thing had shaken him. Not only him but everyone. He came close to losing his sister and I guess it’s finally starting to sink in.

“No” I reply.

“You need to go home, Rowan” Emma says, “Go take a shower and change clothes then you can come back. You look like a zombie”

“I’m not leaving, Emma” I argue.

I couldn’t fucking leave. What if something happened and I wasn’t around?

“You’re no good to her or anyone if you fall down in exhaustion…just go home, I’m sure it won’t take long for you to look presentable” Emma argues.

Travis looks at me and chips in. “Emma is right, Rowan, I promise we won’t leave her even for a second”

I look at Ava. She was still asleep and it didn’t seem like she would wake up anytime soon. Maybe I could go get a quick shower and then rush back.

“Okay then, but don’t leave her side” I snarl.

She was attacked so who knew if those criminals would try to come back and finish the job. Travis nods, his eyes on Ava. Emma just looks at me with her piercing blue eyes.

I stand up about to leave when Emma grabs my forearm and stops me.

“She’ll be okay…Ava is too stubborn to surrender to death” she says with her smile before pecking my lips.

I nod and leave. This is the first time that has happened. Since we decided to try again it’s been pecks on the cheek, chin and forehead. Her lips on mine is a first and even though I’ve dreamed about this for nine years I can’t help but feel that it’s wrong.

Her lips are wrong, the feel of them is wrong and the kiss itself is fucking wrong. Why the fuck would I be feeling this when Emma is the woman I’ve been craving for nearly a decade?

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