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

no one saw what I

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about that” I seethed. “There is just something about the

none of you see

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

made googly eyes at

taken 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

question anything.

you talking about?” he asks giving

sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

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

feel right with

but I can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

and when he does, I feel like punching the

that you’re jealous

I be jealous of

for Ava, remember?”

was absurd. I could never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She

I’m looking after him.

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

feelings towards them.

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

her because of Noah. My heart always belonged to Emma and

that. That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any

It’s not unusual for people

other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I

the stunt she pulled to get me to

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feel so strongly about her dating

I wouldn’t have cared if

fishy with that cop”

circles and it was only

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead

have feelings for

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

“That’s impossible”

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

blame the girl who had been

you had made a

stand frozen.

his phone and dials

you doing?” I question

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