- His Unbelievable words
Ava
“W–what?” I stammer, looking at Rowan in complete shock
I couldn’t have heard him correctly. The Rowan I knew would have done anything for Emma Including sacrificing me.
My heart beats wildly as I stare at his blank face.
“You heard me, Ava” he repeats. No trace of lying in his voice. “If it had to come to it, I would have
gladly let her die if it meant saving you”
At first I thought that he’d lied so I wouldn’t feel bad. After all, who likes knowing that the man
she spent almost a decade with would gladly save another woman?
I thought he was saying that just to spare my feelings. Looking at his face though, I realize that he
was telling the truth. It was written on his face and in his eyes. Besides, when has Rowan ever
spared my feelings? He’s never shied away from telling how it is so why would he start lying now?
I release a deep breath and untangle my hands from his. It felt too intimate. I already had so much
thoughts dancing in my head. I didn’t need his warm hands confusing me more.
“You don’t mean that” I tell him after a while. “Emma is the woman you’ve loved since the first
time you realized what love is. You’ve been in love with her for so many years, how then can you
so casually say you would sacrifice her for my sake?”
His brows draw into a frown. He goes to speak, but I interrupt him.
“I’m the one that has meant nothing to you from the start. Remember? You hate me Rowan. You’ve
hated me for years, so what the hell is going on? How can you just decide one day that I’m more
important than your precious Emma? Something is just not adding up. You just can’t unhate me
all of a sudden” 2
I fall back on the pillow in exhaustion. I knew what I said was the damn truth. There is just no way all the hate, resentment and bitterness he has had for me for the past nine years disappeared
into thin air.
You just don’t wake up one day a brand new person. Intense feelings are hard to get rid of. Hard to bury. I should know that. Didn’t I struggle with trying to kill and bury the love I had for Rowan?
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finally nd myself of it.
Ava
+15 BONUS
He goes to say something, but I am just done. I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want him to make up pretty little lies. I don’t want any new changes. I just want to go back to how things were before
When they all hated and despised me. D
I know some might wonder why I would want such a thing, right? After all, isn’t this what I’ve
always wanted? For them to realize their mistake and crawl begging for forgiveness.
The truth is, I am just so used to their cruelty that I don’t know how to deal with this new versions of their persona. It’s confusing because a part of me wants to let it all go and forgive them. The
other part though, doesn’t trust their intentions. 3
Maybe it’s the trauma from being rejected over and over again, but I can’t trust their brand new feelings towards me. It feels like a game. A game of waiting for the other shoe to drop.
“No, Rowan” I cut him off. “I’m thankful that you saved me, but please leave. You should be by
Emma’s side. That’s where you’ve always wanted to be. Emma is here and you have waited years
to be with her. Please don’t screw things up. What we had meant nothing. It was a mistake from the beginning. We both spent those nine years in misery, it’s time each of us found our happiness
right? Yours has always been with Emma, and mine…well mine is now with my children”
He wants to argue. I see it in his eyes as the grey pools darken. Almost like there was a storm
raging inside. I still. Waiting for a fight, but it doesn’t come.
I’m surprised when he sags against his chair, before letting out a sigh.
“Alright, I leave you alone…for now” he says in a gruff voice before standing up.
I thought that would be it, but instead of leaving immediately, he bends and the kisses my
forehead gently. Before I can say or do anything. He leaves, closing the door gently behind him.
I’m left staring at his back. Wondering what the hell just happened. It’s not that I am not happy he
left. I am. It’s just Rowan is used to doing whatever the fuck he wants, yet he left when I asked
even though you could tell he didn’t want to.
As I slowly regain my energy, I think about what he told me. Of course it’s hard to believe him. I
mean this is Rowan we are talking about. The same Rowan that told me I could never measure up
to be like Emma or a woman he loves.
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What the hell is going on with him? I question but don’t get any answers
Any other man I would have believed if he told me that he would give up Emms But not Howan Never Rowan
“Yes. I’m dying to see and hold my son* I tell her smiling back at her.
wouldn“: nave been alive to see him.
“Okay. Come to the reception once you’re done here” she instructs just before she leaves,
Mom had brought a change of clothes. She helps me change in the small bathroom while dad
waits for us. After I finish, we leave the room.
Mom and dad insist on taking care of the bills. They wanted me off my feet.
As I waited, I notice the Sharp’s, Gabe and Rowan. Taking in a deep breathe, as if I could breathe in
the courage to face them I walk towards them. I take my time, not sure what I was doing, but sure
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