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.

and

Ava, Ethan won’t be able to take his eyes off

Letty”

you have a wonderful time” she smiles kindly at me. “Let me know how the

will and

up just in time, because my

myself one last look, I take my purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a

well and looked mighty fine in his black

me as if seeing me for the first

say softly, looking

guessed, I’m not good at taking compliments. Especially

lifts my chin with his finger before handing me the flowers. “These

the roses feeling grateful. Rowan has never once bought me flowers. Hell, he has

me like I was important to him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience that he had

with.

and then we can leave” I turn around and

in

to do or say. I mean what do you do during dates?

my element that I was afraid

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I’ve gone on more dates than I can count?” Ethan

breaking the silence.

Feeling relieved. The anxiety that had caged

nervous the whole day.” I confess.

focus on my

were happy to have me back. They

even called me out on

kept messing

eased my anxiety knowing that I wasn’t

couldn’t help but think how easy

how things should have been with Rowan Instead he

He decided that I didn’t

“We’re here” Ethan says.

we had parked. The restaurant’s name was familiar but

was also curious because it looked

here was great so I thought we could try it” he tells me

opened the door. He helps me down and leads

hand at my lower

Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty something

her list before speaking.

leads us, she keeps throwing glances at Ethan. I

in a relationship, I would

later, a waiter arrives with a

our orders after pouring us each a

such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t being rude or

curious.

of place where

could

“Parents?” I ask confused.

correctly, he told me his dad wasn’t

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was a drug addict and she overdosed after I was born. When the FBI took out my dad, I was put into the

lucky and got adopted

got to know him, the more I

words, you’re trust fund

but if we are being honest, then you’re

him.

I tell him he couldn’t be anymore

up my

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

cut me off

what I did to his

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