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 started

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

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I seethed. “There is just something about the man that isn’t fucking right.

of you see

I was almost losing it. First I hear

googly

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

question anything.

you talking about?” he

stop pacing. I just couldn’t sit

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

doesn’t feel right with

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

investigating him.

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

that you’re jealous

“Why the hell would I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

be jealous when

looking after him. That’s

fucking years, it’s hard to stay

them. Especially

shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way

because of Noah. My heart always belonged to

That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any

It’s not unusual for

Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I

after the stunt she pulled to get me

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me why you feel so

have cared if

fishy with that cop”

round in circles and it was only making me more pissed. I thought at least

Instead

for Ava and that

what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what

“That’s impossible”

all wanted you with Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After what

the girl who had been obsessed with you for

of you had made a mistake”

I stand frozen. What the

watch as he takes out his phone and dials

you doing?”

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