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

when you

frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No one

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“There is just something

of you see that?”

losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis did nothing.

Ava made googly eyes at each

him. So enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet

question anything.

he

don’t stop pacing. I just couldn’t sit down with all the fucking

know how to fucking explain it, but there is just

feel right

make any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why I have

investigating him.

he does, I feel like

be that

hell would I be jealous of him? I

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it comes

looking after

fucking years, it’s

feelings towards them.

my

of Noah. My heart always

that. That’s the reason I couldn’t develop

It’s not unusual for

don’t love each other. Nine years couldn’t change

to get me to

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explain to me why you feel so strongly about her

I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other man, but

fishy with that cop”

in circles and it was only making me more pissed.

he doesn’t. Instead

have feelings for Ava

first to admit that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said she

“That’s impossible”

all wanted you with Emma. We’ll except

the girl who had been obsessed with you

both of you had

stand frozen. What the fuck had gotten

out his phone and

doing?” I question

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