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

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

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

none of you see that?”

fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I

Ava made googly eyes at

enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her?

question anything.

you talking about?” he asks giving

stop pacing. I just couldn’t sit down with

explain it, but there is just something

feel right

make any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why

investigating him.

and when he does, I feel like punching the

that you’re

“Why the hell would I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

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

looking

nine fucking years, it’s hard to stay with someone for that

any feelings towards them.

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

to her because of Noah.

the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings for

completely lost his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay married

Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I wasn’t Ava

the stunt she pulled to get me to sleep with her.

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feel so strongly about her

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

fishy with that cop”

it was only making me

he doesn’t. Instead

feelings for Ava

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

girl who had been obsessed with you for years

both of you had made a

quietly, I stand frozen. What the fuck had gotten into

his phone and dials

are you doing?” I

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