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

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

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is just something about the man that isn’t fucking right. Why

you see

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

Ava made googly eyes at

couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet she let

question anything.

you talking about?” he

sit down

to fucking explain it, but

doesn’t feel right

can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

when he does, I

it be that you’re

I be

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it comes to

I’m looking after him.

fucking years, it’s hard to stay with

not develop any feelings towards them.

shaking my head. “There’s

I stayed married to her because of Noah.

reason I couldn’t develop any feelings

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

years couldn’t change the

the stunt she pulled to get me

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to me why you feel so strongly about

told you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated

fishy with that cop”

and it was only making me more pissed. I thought

Instead he has

I have feelings for Ava and that

her horribly for it, but what

“That’s impossible”

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

to blame. It was easier to blame the girl who had been obsessed with you for years

accept that both of you had made a mistake”

him quietly, I stand frozen.

as he takes out his phone and

doing?” I question

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