1. Dinner date

Ava

I was a nervous wreck as I prepared for my date with Ethan. It’s been two weeks since I was discharged from the hospital and I was all better. The doctor gave me the clear and I even gotten

back to work a few days ago.

In the two weeks, a lot has changed. Letty and I have gotten closer and so has Ethan and I. He’d

asked me out a couple of days ago. I had agreed whole heartedly.

Ethan was good for my ego. He made me laugh and relax. With him I was at ease. When I was

around him I forgot about Rowan. I forgot about my broken heart.

“Hair up or down?” I ask Letty.

We were on video chat and she was helping me get ready.

If I was being honest, this is the first time I’ve ever gone out on a date. Like I mentioned before, I

wasn’t the kind of girl that boys asked out before.

When I was married, Rowan never took me out. In fact we never did the normal things couples did.

when they were in love. There was no dinner dates for me. It would be a surprise if Rowan even

made it home for dinner most days.

“Definitely up, you have a beautiful long neck, you should flaunt it.” Letty says pulling me out of

my thoughts. “Ethan will definitely imagine kissing it and running his tongue down it the entire

time.”

My cheeks color at the picture she painted. I was married for fucks sake, yet such a comment.

made me blush.

“I’m sure you’re exaggerating” 1 mumble, trying to Hide my embarrassment.

“No I’m not. You’re a beautiful woman and any man would be lucky to have you”

“I’m not beautiful” I say automatically. It was sort of a knee jerk reaction.

I wasn’t beautiful. I knew that. Hearing everyone tell you how beautiful your sister is, nails in that fact. It also didn’t help that other parents used to tell my mother that I wasn’t poised, elegant, neat or put together like Emma was

“Yes, you are…you’re the only one who doesn’t see it. All you need is a confidence boost and I

swear men will be scrambling and falling over themselves to have you”

I put my hair up in a messy bun, with loose tendrils framing my face.

I really wanted to believe what she said, but it’s hard to break years of beliefs Beliefs that were

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I sigh and push back the painful memories

“If you say so”

“I say so, now turn, I want to see how you look” she commands.

I didn’t want to go all out incase things didn’t go as planned, so I settled on a little black dress Something that I wasn’t used to. Rowan never took me out when we were married so there wasn’t any need to dress up.

wore matching black heels and did a nude

to take his eyes off you” Letty

Letty”

time” she smiles kindly at me.

will and thanks

time, because

open my

looked mighty fine in his

beautiful, Ava” he stares at me as if seeing

say softly,

at taking

with his finger before handing me the flowers. “These are for

Rowan has never

him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience that he

with.

me just put them in water and then we

putting the flowers in

nervous and excited at the same time. I didn’t know what to do or say. I mean what do you do during dates? What do

that I was afraid

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gone on more dates than I can

breaking the silence.

relieved. The anxiety that had caged me fades

at all…I was also hyperventilating. I’ve been nervous the whole day.”

focus on my

back. They could tell that

out on my abnormal

repeatedly because I kept messing it

anxiety knowing that I wasn’t the only one

talk about how our days were and I couldn’t help but think how easy things were between

should have been with Rowan Instead

decided that I didn’t deserve

“We’re here” Ethan says.

parked. The restaurant’s name was familiar but I’d never

I was also curious because it

thought we could

the car then came and opened the door.

His hand at my lower

for Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty

her list before speaking.

throwing glances at Ethan. I don’t blame

Maybe if we were in a relationship, I would feel

A minute later, a waiter arrives

after pouring us each a

such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t

curious.

like the kind of place

answering “You could say

“Parents?” I ask confused.

told me

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When the FBI took out my dad, I was put into

got lucky and got adopted by a really wonderful

by him. The more I got to know

fund baby?” I joke making

but if we are being honest, then you’re also a trust fund baby” he fires

him.

do I tell him he couldn’t be anymore wrong without

up my past

when shit between me, Emma and Rowan went down, he cut me

took my trust fund and cut me off his will. According to him, I didn’t

what I

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