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 started dating

that no one saw what I saw.

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I seethed. “There is just something about the

of you see

the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that

Ava made googly eyes

couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the

question anything.

about?” he asks giving me

sit down with all the fucking

fucking explain it, but there is just something I don’t

feel right with

but I can’t ignore the feeling. That’s why

investigating him.

while and when he does, I feel like punching the crap out of

it be that you’re

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

for Ava, remember?”

was absurd. I could never be jealous when it

I’m looking after him. That’s

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

them. Especially someone

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

her. I stayed married 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 unusual for

love each other. Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I

the stunt she pulled to get

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to me why you feel so strongly about her dating

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

fishy with that cop”

circles and it was only making me more pissed. I thought

Instead

I have feelings for Ava and

ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying

“That’s impossible”

Emma. We’ll except for Ava. After what happened, we

to blame. It was easier to blame the girl who

you had made a mistake”

frozen. What the

takes out his

you doing?” I question

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