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

Ava when you started dating Emma?”

hand in frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I

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not about that” I seethed. “There is just something about the man that isn’t fucking

none of you see

it. First I

made googly eyes

fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with

question anything.

talking about?” he asks giving me

don’t stop pacing. I just couldn’t sit down with

know how to fucking explain it, but there is

doesn’t feel right

sense, but I can’t

investigating him.

for a while and when he does, I feel like punching the crap out of

that

am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous of him?

for Ava, remember?”

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

and I’m looking after him. That’s

fucking years,

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

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

of Noah. My heart

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

It’s not unusual for

Nine years couldn’t change the fact that I wasn’t Ava

to get me to sleep with her.

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you feel so strongly about

already fucking told you! I wouldn’t have cared if she dated any other man, but

fishy with that cop”

in circles and it was only making me more pissed. I thought at least

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he has this stupid

have feelings for Ava and

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

“That’s impossible”

We all wanted you with Emma. We’ll

girl who had been obsessed

both of you had made a

frozen. What the fuck had

he takes out his phone and dials a

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