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?”

in frustration. Why is it that no one saw what I saw. No one realized the

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is just something about the man

of you see

almost losing it. First I hear that Emma

googly eyes at

that she couldn’t see a fucking thing. What the hell was wrong with her? She’s the most cautious

question anything.

about?” he asks giving

sit down

fucking explain it, but there is

doesn’t feel right

can’t ignore

investigating him.

he does,

be that

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

for Ava, remember?”

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

I’m looking after him. That’s

you were married to her for nine fucking years,

not develop any feelings towards them.

stare at him in shock, before shaking my

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

the reason I couldn’t develop any

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

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

she pulled to

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feel so strongly about her

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

fishy with that cop”

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

like he doesn’t. Instead he has this

I have feelings for

the first to admit that what Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what

“That’s impossible”

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

easier to blame the girl who

accept that both of you had made a mistake”

quietly, I stand frozen. What the fuck had gotten into

his phone and

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