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

no one saw what I saw. No one realized

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something about the man that isn’t fucking

of you see that?”

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

googly

a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious

question anything.

about?” he asks giving me his whole

couldn’t sit down with all the

fucking explain it, but there is just something

doesn’t feel right with

but I can’t ignore the

investigating him.

when he does, I feel

be that you’re jealous

hell would I be jealous of him? I don’t

for Ava, remember?”

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

and I’m looking after him.

her for nine fucking years, it’s hard to

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

at him in shock, before shaking my head.

I stayed married to her because of Noah. My heart

That’s the reason I couldn’t develop any feelings

his fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to stay

Nine years couldn’t change

pulled to get me to sleep with her.

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to me why you feel so

I wouldn’t have cared if

fishy with that cop”

was only making me more pissed. I thought at least

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he

I have feelings for

her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when

“That’s impossible”

We’ll except for Ava. After

blame the girl who

of you had made a

him quietly, I stand frozen. What

as he takes out his

you doing?” I question

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