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 did a nude make

to take his eyes off you” Letty

Letty”

have a wonderful time” she

will and

just in time, because my door

myself one last look, I take my purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling and dashing Ethan with a bouquet

and looked mighty fine in his black

me

say

not good at taking

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

never once bought me flowers. Hell, he has

I was important to him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience that

with.

just put them in water and then we can

flowers in a vase, we

didn’t know what to do or say. I mean what do

of my element that I was afraid I

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though I’ve gone on more

breaking the silence.

relieved. The anxiety that had caged me fades

been nervous the whole day.” I

to focus on my

me back. They could tell that my mind was else

called me out on my

I kept messing

anxiety knowing that I wasn’t the only

about how our days were and I couldn’t help but think how

should have been with Rowan Instead he decided

decided that I didn’t deserve a

“We’re here” Ethan says.

at the place where we had parked.

I was also

thought we could try it”

opened the door.

hand at

Ethan Anderson” Ethan asks the

list before speaking. “Right this way”

she leads us, she keeps throwing glances at Ethan. I don’t blame her thought. Ethan

a relationship, I would feel jealous but right

a waiter arrives with a bottle of wine.

orders after pouring us each a

how does a cop afford such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t being rude or anything. I was

curious.

like the kind of place where Rowan

could say

“Parents?” I ask confused.

told me his

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took out my dad, I was put

adopted by a really wonderful

I got to know him, the more

fund baby?” I joke making him

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

him.

forced. How do I tell him he couldn’t be anymore wrong

my

was rich but when shit between me, Emma

fund and cut me off

from him after what I did

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