1. Bane of my existence.

Rowan

Fuck!! watch as Ava flees from the shop. I want to follow her, but I know that I’ve messed up big

time.

I saw the panic in her eyes, but it was like I was in a trance. My mind shut down completely when

I saw her almost naked body.

I didn’t realize that I had moved or that I had cornered her. It wasn’t until she pushed me away

that I realized what I was about to do.

She was my wife for fucks sake, but she has never affected me on this level. I’ve seen her naked

countless times yet this time it was different. I couldn’t fucking explain it, but it was. It was like I

was seeing her for the first time.

Our S** life was good, but I had always held back. I still loved Emma back then and every time I

sough intimacy from Ava, I felt like I was betraying Emma. 5

It was the hardest at the beginning of our marriage. I drowned in guilt each time I touched Ava.

Always drinking myself stupid after we were done. After, I learnt to ignore the guilt. Learned to

push it back so my body can get what it needs. (2

Even though I didn’t love, Ava, I couldn’t cheat. After watching my parents, I took marriage and my

vows seriously. I had countless of opportunities, but I couldn’t have tr

to do it even if

I run my hand through my hair. Grabbing the strands in frustration. The intensity at which I’d

wanted Ava a few minutes ago almost brought me to my knees.

I couldn’t get the image of her S**y little body out of my fucking mind. Or the image I had of

moving her panties to the side and sinking inside her warm heat.

I hadn’t even seen her whole body yet I was fucking hard. Harder than I’ve ever been my entire

fucking life. The whole thing just confused me and scared the crap out of me.

Cursing again, I leave the room. The need to escape filling my bones. I was not only trying to

escape the memories, but also the need that had taken every inch of my body. 1

I usually don’t shop in malls. I have everything custom made by an exclusive designer. Mom had

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I never expected to see Ava. I saw her just as I was about to pull off the parking lot. She looked

her, because I was curious on what would make her that

nervous.

of me wishes I hadn’t because now I’m fucking sure she’ll

I drive off.

that it was barely hard to breathe. Everything inside me was coiled and I

damn image

toy, I

my club to get myself a fucking

you get it?” mom asks looking up from the sofa she

my molars against the frustration I was

knows when something

something wrong?”

man but for a fucking moment I think of talking to

how can

her that the woman we’ve spent almost a decade hating, now has me all tied up

think about almost every second

Ava hadn’t pushed me away, I would have probably fucked

room? That it wouldn’t have been enough and I

all over

article?” her question pulls me from my

“What article?”

the table. She scrolls through it,

to me. I take a seat as I look at the article that was published about an hour

on camera with ex–wife Ava Sharp while

divorced couple be expecting their second child? Stay tuned

on whether Ava is truly pregnant and if she is,

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My hands

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know, only four people knew that Ava was pregnant. She was going to lose it

out about the article.

place mom’s phone down and take my own. Dialing the number

industry. I wait for her to

up

circulating, I

anger.

give

let it be known that if anyone is caught writing articles about Ava’s

bankruptcy”

“Yes sir”

cut of the phone,

private person. I was going to protect her privacy at all coast. It

matter what it takes.

mom asks after her while. Her

she was trying to find the answers by staring deep into my

ask if the pregnancy rumor was

even have

don’t know” I

been distant with Emma.

her.

lying to her, but

“Partly”

of air. I don’t look at

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