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

it that no one saw what I saw. No

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seethed. “There is just something about the man that isn’t

you

was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah and

made googly eyes

hell was

question anything.

you talking about?” he

stop pacing. I just couldn’t sit down

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

feel right

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

investigating him.

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

that

bellow. “Why the hell would I be

for Ava, remember?”

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

looking after him. That’s

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

them. Especially someone who isn’t

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

of Noah. My heart always belonged to Emma

I couldn’t develop

mind. It’s not unusual

years couldn’t change

she pulled to get me

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why you feel so strongly about

I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any

fishy with that cop”

it was only making me more pissed.

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead

have feelings for Ava and that

to admit that 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

“That’s impossible”

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

It was easier to blame the girl who

accept that both of you had made a mistake”

quietly, I stand frozen. What the

his phone and

doing?” I question

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