Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

28. Lucky woman

Anonymous POV.

I am pissed off. That is an understatement. I am beyond pissed off, I was downright furious. Once

again she managed to escape me. Once again she survived when she was supposed to be dead.

“Tell me how the hell she’s still alive?” I ask Ben.

“I swear I almost had her this time, I was this close to ending her but her bastard bodyguard

arrived and saved her” he muttered.

Did the guy think that I was stupid? That I didn’t know what the hell happened. I have gotten

nothing but excuses from him since this whole operation started. Three times he failed to deliver her dead body. The only thing that was positive about this, is that I haven’t paid him yet. Imagine

if I had paid him and yet he hasn’t delivered.

He was going to get half a million dollars if he got the job done. That money should have

motivated him enough to do his job and finish it within the time limit we agreed.

I take a swig of my whisky. Frustration clawing at me.

“Really? You almost had her, is that the reason why you are bleeding?” I clipped feeling angrier

every minute I talked to the idiot.

“I promise I’ll get her next time. She won’t escape me again” he speaks, his eyes cast to the floor.

“She’s already escaped you thrice!” I boomed, feeling the need to end is pathetic life.

He doesn’t speak. Instead he continues staring at the ground like it was interesting.

He had set me back big time. This job was supposed to be done months ago and yet here we still

are, with Ava alive and breathing.

was told he was good at his job. That he would

from him

is it that you’re unable to kill one fucking woman? How hard could it be to end her

I’ve been wondering. How lucky can one be to escape death thrice? The third time is supposed to be the charm and

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“Killing someone has never been this

She was in my way. The only thing that was standing between me and what I wanted. I had hatched

wanted I needed her gone.

I went through all that trouble to get her out of my way. An opportunity to cover my tracks presented

it was all a ploy.

didn’t go through all this trouble just to lose

end.

boomed, throwing my glass and smashing

supposed to be enjoying the fruits of my

living the life, but instead I was not anywhere close to my goals.

galaxies away from

me one last chance” he

sneer, “So you can fail again?

the Ava that death doesn’t seem to want to claim her? I don’t believe in

it seems there is someone above looking after her.

their life unless there is divine

met. Her luck was starting

want, but Ava’s death is proving

see you do better” he scoffs, interrupting my

reaches its limit. Grabbing whatever I

on, I throw it in his direction. He doesn’t get a chance to duck. The bottle of

on his arrogant

his eye. His pain eases my

you want to repeat

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closes his mouth and clenches his teeth. Looking at me with unconcealed anger, he shakes

At least he knows how to keep his

a way to take her out quickly. I’ve

more to myself.

dead for

trouble and I was afraid that the more I tried killing her and she survived,

can’t happen, because it

she isn’t easy to kill. If we add the

from her