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

Why is it that no one saw

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“There is just something about the man

you see

start pacing my home office. My fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma

made googly eyes at

the hell was wrong

question anything.

talking about?” he asks giving me his

sit down with all the fucking

but there is just something I don’t like

doesn’t feel right

fucking sense, but I can’t

investigating him.

when he does,

be that you’re jealous of

would I

for Ava, remember?”

be jealous when it comes to Ava. She is

looking after

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

develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t truly

shaking my head. “There’s

her. I stayed married to her because of Noah.

reason I

mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay married

change

stunt she pulled to get me to sleep with

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feel so strongly about her

cared if she dated any other

fishy with that cop”

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

looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid

for Ava and that I’m

for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said she was drunk? What if she was telling

“That’s impossible”

We’ll except

blame. It was easier to blame the girl

of you had made a mistake”

at him quietly, I stand frozen. What

out his phone and dials a

doing?” I question him

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