1. That night

Rowan

“What the hell happened to you?” Gabe asks looking at the ice pack that was plastered to my face.

“Ethan” I just grunt. Not in the mood to deal with my brother.

Fuck! I still can’t believe that I got into a fight with the fucking idiot. I was just so pissed and I let

his words get to me.

“The cop?” He asks curiously. “Ava’s new man?”

At that I blow. I take the ice pack and throw it against the wall.

“He’s not her fucking man” I snap standing up.

My emotions were raw and close to the surface. I still don’t understand why Ava can’t see that the

fucker is a fraud.

I haven’t been able to get anything deeper about him. The reports paint him as an okay guy.

Nothing out of the ordinary, but my gut tell me otherwise. There was just something about him

that rubbed me wrong. Something that he was hiding. My gut has never been wrong before.

“From what I hear, he is…what happened?”

I take a deep breath, trying to cool down the fire burning inside me.

“We were helping Ava move furniture into her new house and he told me to back off. Said that she

was his and he wasn’t going to allow me to ruin things” I admit finally.

Gabe stares at me like he can’t believe what I just said. Like I was trying to figure out what the

hell was wrong with me.

“Seriously? That’s what made you get into a fight with him”

“Yes!”

He sighs before sitting down. “In case you haven’t noticed, she’s no longer your wife and given that

he is dating her, he has every reason to ask you to back off. Isn’t that the same thing you asked of

you

is it that no one

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is just something about the man that isn’t fucking

none of you see

burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis did nothing. Then I

made googly

so taken by him. So enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong

question anything.

you talking about?” he asks giving

just couldn’t sit down with all the fucking emotions

how to fucking explain it, but there is just something I don’t like about

doesn’t feel right

make any fucking sense, but I can’t

investigating him.

and when he does, I feel like punching the crap out of

that

I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

I could never be

and I’m looking after

you were married to her for nine fucking years, it’s hard to stay with

develop any feelings towards them. Especially

at him in shock, before shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way that I developed

her. I stayed married to her because of Noah.

the reason I

his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people

change the fact

after the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep with her.

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feel so strongly about her dating Ethan?”

if she dated any other man, but something is

fishy with that cop”

circles and it was only making me more pissed. I

he doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid notion

for Ava and that I’m

treated her horribly for

“That’s impossible”

you with Emma. We’ll except

blame. It was easier to blame the girl who

accept that both of you

stand frozen. What

he takes out his phone and dials

doing?” I

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