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 dating

it that no one saw what I saw. No one realized

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is just something about the man

you see

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

Ava made googly eyes

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

question anything.

talking about?” he

couldn’t sit down with all the

it, but there is

feel

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

investigating him.

when he does,

it be that you’re jealous of

I am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of

for Ava, remember?”

I could never be

and I’m looking

fucking years, it’s hard to stay with

towards them. Especially someone

shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way

her. I stayed married to her because of Noah. My heart always belonged to Emma

That’s the reason I

It’s not unusual for people to stay married

years couldn’t change the fact that I

the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep

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feel so strongly about her dating

have cared if she

fishy with that cop”

it was only making me more pissed.

he doesn’t. Instead he

I have feelings for Ava and

be the first to admit that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying

“That’s impossible”

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

girl

you had made a

stand frozen.

he takes out his phone and dials a

are you doing?” I

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