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.

heels and did

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

you, Letty” I

go, but I hope you have a wonderful time” she smiles kindly at me. “Let me

will and thanks

time, because my door

downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling and dashing Ethan with a bouquet of

up well and looked mighty fine in his black

at me as if seeing me for the first

you” I say softly,

not good at taking compliments. Especially from

chin with his finger before handing me the

feeling grateful. Rowan has never once

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

with.

and then we can leave” I turn

putting the flowers in a vase,

excited at the same time. I didn’t know what to do or say. I mean what do you do during dates? What do you talk about? And who is

element that I was afraid I was

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though I’ve gone on more dates than

breaking the silence.

anxiety that had

nervous the whole day.” I

focus

my students were happy to have me back. They

me out on

kept messing it up” he chuckles and I

eased my anxiety knowing that I wasn’t the only

our days were and I couldn’t help but think

with Rowan Instead he decided that the only

was Emma. He decided that

“We’re here” Ethan says.

parked. The restaurant’s name was familiar but

I was also curious

so I thought we could try

rounded the car then came and opened

hand at

Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the twenty

her list before

glances at Ethan. I don’t

we were in a relationship, I would feel jealous but right now I

leaves. A minute later, a waiter arrives with a bottle of wine. He

after pouring

does a cop afford such a high end restaurant?”

curious.

kind of place where

“You could say my parents

“Parents?” I ask confused.

he told me his dad wasn’t in

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

adopted by a really wonderful

more I got to know him, the more I

words, you’re trust fund baby?” I joke making

we are being honest, then you’re also a trust fund

him.

tell him he couldn’t be anymore wrong without revealing

my

but when shit between me, Emma and Rowan went down,

cut me off his will. According to him, I

him after what I did to his

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