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 good at his job. That he would be able to deliver. So

nothing from him except for

kill one fucking woman? How hard could it be to end

supposed to be the charm and yet she was still not dead. A bit banged up

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he snarls, frustration written all over his face. “Killing someone has never been this hard, I usually get

be easy. She was in my way. The only thing that was standing between me

get what I wanted I needed her gone.

The last thing I needed was to have cops on my back after I went through all that trouble to get her out of my way. An

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

I didn’t go through all this trouble just

end.

my glass and

was supposed to be enjoying the fruits of my labor. I

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

away

last

“So you can fail again?

seem to want to claim her? I don’t believe in any

it seems there is someone above looking

to survive three attempts on their life unless there is

ever met. Her luck was starting

I always get what I want, but Ava’s death is proving to

like to see you do better” he

reaches its limit. Grabbing

throw it in his direction. He doesn’t

on his

I see blood trickle down his eye. His pain eases

you want to repeat what you just

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teeth. Looking at me with unconcealed anger,

least he knows how to

be a way to take her out

more to myself.

her dead for my plan

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

happen, because it means losing everything I’ve worked

kill. If

protection from her