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

Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No one realized the truth?

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just something about the man that isn’t fucking right. Why

you see

close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I

googly eyes

so taken by him. So enthralled that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious person I know, yet she let him

question anything.

are you talking about?” he asks giving

couldn’t sit down with all

fucking explain it, but there

feel right with

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

investigating him.

a while and when he does,

that you’re

would I be jealous of him? I don’t

for Ava, remember?”

could never be jealous when it comes to Ava. She

looking after him. That’s

fucking years, it’s hard to stay with someone

develop any feelings towards them. Especially someone who isn’t truly

him in shock, before shaking my

her. I stayed married to her because of Noah. My heart always belonged to Emma

I couldn’t develop any feelings for

not unusual for

love each other. Nine years couldn’t change

stunt she pulled to get

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to me why you feel so strongly

have cared if she dated any other

fishy with that cop”

only

Instead he has this

I have feelings for Ava

did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but

“That’s impossible”

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

the girl who had been obsessed with

you had

at him quietly, I stand frozen.

his phone and dials a phone

doing?” I question

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