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

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

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not about that” I seethed. “There is just something about

of 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 had to

made googly

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

question anything.

talking about?” he asks giving me his whole

stop pacing. I just couldn’t sit

know how to fucking explain it, but there is just something I don’t like about

doesn’t feel right with

sense, but I can’t ignore the

investigating him.

when he does, I feel like punching the

that you’re jealous of

fuck I am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be

for Ava, remember?”

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

and I’m looking

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

any feelings towards them. Especially someone who

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

I stayed married to her because of Noah.

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

his fucking mind. It’s not

change

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feel so strongly about her dating

you! I wouldn’t have cared if she

fishy with that cop”

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

Instead he has this

for Ava and that

treated her horribly for

“That’s impossible”

We’ll except for Ava.

to blame. It was easier to blame the girl

both of you had made

frozen.

his phone and dials

you doing?” I question

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