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 saw. No one realized the truth?

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something about

of you see that?”

the surface. I was almost losing it. First

made googly eyes at

the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person

question anything.

are you talking about?” he asks giving me his

I just couldn’t sit down with all the fucking emotions inside

fucking explain it, but

feel right with

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

investigating him.

while and when he does, I feel like punching the

that you’re jealous

fuck I am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of him? I don’t have

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it

looking after

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

them. Especially someone

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

of Noah. My heart always belonged to Emma and

I couldn’t develop any

lost his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for

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

to get me to sleep

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me why you feel so strongly about her dating Ethan?”

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

fishy with that cop”

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

understand but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he

I have feelings for Ava and

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

“That’s impossible”

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

girl

both of you

I stand frozen. What the fuck had gotten

takes out his phone and dials

are you doing?”

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