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

you started dating

is it that no one saw what I saw. No one realized the truth?

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something about the man

none of you see that?”

home office. My fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and that Travis did nothing. Then I

googly eyes at

thing. What the hell was wrong

question anything.

he asks

couldn’t sit down

to fucking explain it, but there is just something I

doesn’t feel

I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s

investigating him.

does, I feel like punching the crap

it be that you’re jealous

am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of him? I don’t

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it

and I’m looking after him.

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

towards them. Especially someone

shock, before shaking my head. “There’s

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

That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings

completely lost his fucking mind. It’s not

other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact

to get

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why you feel so strongly about her dating

cared if she dated any other man, but

fishy with that cop”

and it was only making me

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

feelings for Ava and that

admit that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it,

“That’s impossible”

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

to blame. It was easier to blame the girl who had been

of you had

I stand frozen. What the fuck

as he takes out his phone and dials a

you doing?” I question him

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