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

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

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just something about the man that

of you

burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah

made googly eyes at

by 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 she let him

question anything.

are you talking about?” he

I just couldn’t sit down with

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

doesn’t feel

any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the

investigating him.

a while and when he does, I feel

that you’re jealous of

I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when

looking after him. That’s

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

feelings towards them. Especially someone who

shock, before shaking my head.

of Noah. My heart always belonged to

I couldn’t develop

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

love each other. Nine years couldn’t change

the stunt she pulled to get

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explain to me why you feel so strongly about her dating

I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other

fishy with that cop”

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

doesn’t. Instead

for Ava and that

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”

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

was easier to blame the girl who had been

accept that both of you had

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

his phone and dials

are you doing?” I question

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