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

frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No

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that” I seethed. “There is just something

none of you

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

googly eyes at each

fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with

question anything.

he asks giving

sit down with all the fucking

don’t know how to fucking explain it, but

doesn’t feel right

sense, but I can’t

investigating him.

a while and when he does, I feel like punching the

that you’re jealous of

would I be jealous of him? I don’t

for Ava, remember?”

was saying was absurd. I could never be jealous

I’m looking after him.

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

them. Especially someone

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

of Noah. My heart always

that. That’s the reason I couldn’t develop

mind. It’s not unusual for

Nine years couldn’t change the fact that

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

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explain to me why you feel so strongly about

you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated

fishy with that cop”

only making me

looks like he doesn’t. Instead

I have feelings for

what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said she was drunk? What if she was

“That’s impossible”

Emma. We’ll except

easier to blame the girl who had

you

frozen. What the fuck had

he takes out his phone

doing?” I

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