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 started

hand in frustration. Why is it that no

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I seethed. “There is just something about the man

of you see

almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and

googly eyes at each

thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet

question anything.

are you talking about?” he asks giving me his whole

just couldn’t sit

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

feel right with

sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

nothing for a while and when he does, I feel like punching the crap out of

that

I be jealous of

for Ava, remember?”

never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She is my

and I’m looking after him. That’s

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

not develop any feelings towards them. Especially

in shock, before shaking my head.

to her because of Noah. My heart

I

his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people

don’t love each other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I wasn’t Ava biggest

to

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me why you feel so strongly about her

told you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other man,

fishy with that cop”

only making me more pissed. I

doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid notion that

for Ava and

years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when

“That’s impossible”

We’ll except for

blame. It was easier to blame the girl who had been obsessed with you for years

of you had made a mistake”

at him quietly, I stand frozen. What the fuck had gotten into

takes out his phone

doing?”

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