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.

matching black heels and did a nude

to take his eyes off

you, Letty” I

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

will and thanks

in time, because my door

purse and head downstairs. I open my door to find a smiling and dashing Ethan with a

cleaned up well and looked mighty fine

beautiful, Ava” he stares at me as if seeing me for

I say softly, looking

good at taking compliments. Especially

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

Rowan has never once bought me flowers. Hell, he

to him. In his mind, I was an inconvenience

with.

in water and then we can leave” I turn

in a vase, we

to do or say. I mean what do you do

of my element that I was afraid I

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weird that I’m scared shitless, though I’ve gone on more dates than I can count?”

breaking the silence.

laugh. Feeling relieved. The anxiety that had caged me fades

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

to focus on my

my students were happy to have me back. They

called me out on

repeatedly because I kept messing it up” he chuckles and I grin at

that I wasn’t the only one that

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

things should have been with Rowan

decided that I didn’t deserve

“We’re here” Ethan says.

we had parked. The restaurant’s name

I was also curious

we could

opened the door. He helps me

at

Ethan

her list before

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

Maybe if we were in a relationship, I

A minute later, a waiter arrives

after pouring us

how does a cop afford such a high end restaurant?” I wasn’t being

curious.

kind of place where Rowan had his

answering “You could say my parents are

“Parents?” I ask confused.

he told me

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she overdosed after I was born. When the FBI took out my dad, I was put into the system. I thought that was the

got lucky and got adopted

by him. The more I got

trust fund baby?” I

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

him.

laugh but it’s forced. How do I tell him he couldn’t be

my past

when shit between me, Emma

He took my trust fund and cut me off his

him after what I did to

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