Chapter 0174
I can’t deny it anymore. 1 fucking want her. With every past action, though, I don’t think she’ll want
anything to do with me. No one has to tell me that the love I used to see shine in her eyes is no longer
there. Right now, she only tolerates me for the sake of Noah.
“Mr. Woods” I’m snapped out of my thoughts when my name is called.
I look up to find the nurse from earlier staring at me.
“How is she?” I am desperate for answers.
“She’s okay and so is the baby… we just need to keep her for a few hours since she was dehydrated when she arrived”
I hear a gasp from behind me. Damn it! Kate didn’t know about Ava’s pregnancy, but it was now confirmed. Ignoring her, I focus on the nurse.
“Can I see her?”
She nods her head and gestures for me to follow. We get to a room and she opens the door, letting me in. Once I’m in, she leaves, closing it behind her.
Ava was attached to an IV stand. Her wrists were bandaged, her body was covered from the waist down, and the cut on her lip was stitched.
“How’s Emma?” is the first thing she asks me.
Damn the woman for being a real fucking angel.
“We haven’t heard anything from the doctors, but I’m sure she’s fine.” I take the seat next to her bed, fighting the urge to take her hand in mine.
“I’m so sor
she begins, her eyes filling with tears. “I didn’t mean for her to get hurt. I just wanted to escape. If I knew that she’d get shot, I would have asked her to stay back”
The urge I was fighting against wins, and I take her small hands in mine.
“Why would you want to escape?” I ask.
The question has been bugging me since I found her. Didn’t she trust that I would come for her? That I would never let anyone hurt her?
She looks at me like I’m crazy. “Why would I want to stay? The moment Ronny gave you the ultimatum, I knew I didn’t stand a chance. Your first choice will always be Emma and I know
I didn’t say anything at first. IfI thought seeing her hurt broke me, then I was a damn fool because her
words fucking shattered me to pieces, but how can I blame her for believing that?
I pounded in the fact that Emma was my world. That she was everything to me. Didn’t I jump to save her
during that shootout a few months ago? I nailed it to her that Emma meant everything to me while she meant nothing. It was probably tattooed on her fucking mind, heart, and soul. How then can I be hurt and mad that she believed I would pick Emma over her?
The ache inside me was hard to contain, and I found myself gripping her hand tight.
“Rowan?” she calls in concern, trying to get her hand out of mine.
I loosen my grip, but I don’t let her hand go. Right now, she was my anchor as I fought against falling into
I the hole that I had dug with my bare hands.
“I was coming for you, Ava. You were my choice from the moment Ronny gave that ultimatum.” I release the breath that was stuck in my lungs. “I know it makes me look like a bastard, but I would have gladly let Emma die if it meant saving you”
She stares at me in shock, but I meant every word. There wasn’t a choice to be made because I knew in my heart that she’s been my number one choice for some time now. She owned me even though she didn’t know it yet.
Synopsis
Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn’t one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I’ve loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I’m tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something…. It was time to let him go. I know he’ll never love me and that I’ll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved. Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?
