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?”

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

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

none of you see

office. My fury burning so close to the surface. I was almost losing it. First I hear that Emma

made googly eyes at

thing. What the hell was wrong with her?

question anything.

talking about?” he

sit

it, but there is just something I don’t

feel right

I can’t ignore the

investigating him.

while and when he does,

be that you’re

“Why the hell would I be jealous of him? I don’t

for Ava, remember?”

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

looking after him.

fucking years, it’s hard to

towards them.

stare at him in shock, before shaking my head. “There’s no fucking

I stayed married to her because of Noah. My

I couldn’t develop

mind. It’s not unusual for people

Nine years couldn’t change the fact that

stunt she pulled to get me

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you feel so strongly about her dating

I wouldn’t have cared if she

fishy with that cop”

and it was only making me more pissed. I

but looks like he doesn’t. Instead he

have feelings for Ava and that

ago was wrong. We treated her horribly for it, but what if she wasn’t lying when she said she was drunk? What if she was

“That’s impossible”

We’ll except for Ava. After what happened,

It was easier to blame the girl

you had made a mistake”

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

out his phone and dials

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