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 saw. No one realized the truth?

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about that” I seethed. “There is just

of you

I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma threatened Noah

googly eyes at

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 into her

question anything.

you talking about?” he asks giving me

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

it, but there is just something I

doesn’t feel right

make any fucking sense, but I can’t ignore the feeling.

investigating him.

he does,

be that you’re jealous of

fuck I am” I bellow. “Why the hell would I be jealous

for Ava, remember?”

I could never be jealous when it comes to

and I’m looking after

you were married to her for nine fucking years, it’s hard to stay

feelings towards them. Especially someone who

in shock, before shaking my head. “There’s no fucking way that

her because of Noah.

I couldn’t develop any feelings

fucking mind. It’s not unusual for people to

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

to

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explain to me why you feel so strongly

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

fishy with that cop”

only making me more pissed. I thought at least

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

for Ava and that I’m

Ava did nine years ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t

“That’s impossible”

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

easier to blame the girl who had been obsessed with you for

both of you had made a

him quietly, I stand frozen. What the

his phone and dials a

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