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.

at his job. That he would be able to

from him except

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

death thrice? The third time is supposed to be the charm

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face. “Killing someone has never been this hard, I usually get the

was supposed to be easy. She was in my way. The only thing that was standing between me and what I wanted. I had

I wanted I

was to have cops on my back after I went through all that trouble to get her out of my way. An opportunity to cover my tracks presented itself in the form of

had discovered that it was all a ploy. That the Reapers‘ weren’t involved

be after Ben and then me. I didn’t

end.

boomed, throwing my glass and smashing it against the

of time. Right now I was supposed to be enjoying the fruits

life, but instead I was not anywhere close to

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

of things it seems there is someone above

three attempts on their

met. Her luck was starting to

I always get what I want, but Ava’s death

to see you do better” he scoffs,

him mock me like that, my anger reaches its limit.

throw it in his direction. He doesn’t get a chance to duck.

straight on

I see blood trickle down his eye. His

to repeat what you

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teeth. Looking

he knows how to keep his

to be a way to take her out quickly. I’ve already

more to myself.

I needed her dead for my

I tried killing her

caught. That can’t happen, because it means losing

proved that she isn’t easy to kill. If we add the fact

is receiving protection from her billionaire husband,