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

fist my hand in frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No one

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is just something about the man

of you

close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First

Ava made googly eyes at

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

question anything.

about?” he asks giving me his

just couldn’t sit down

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

feel right with

I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why I

investigating him.

while and when he does, I feel like punching the

be that you’re

hell would I be jealous of him? I

for Ava, remember?”

I could never be

I’m looking after him. That’s

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

them. Especially someone who isn’t

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

because of

That’s the reason I

had completely lost his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay married

couldn’t change the

the stunt she pulled to get

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explain to me why you feel so strongly about her

you! I wouldn’t have cared if she

fishy with that cop”

were going round in circles and it was only

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has

feelings for Ava and that I’m

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

“That’s impossible”

Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After what happened, we

blame the girl who had been obsessed with you for

both of you had

I stand frozen. What the

his phone and

are you doing?” I

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