Chapter 0287
Emma.
My legs fail me, and I collapse on the fucking floor. I’m still in shock. Still unable to believe that the man l loved would treat me so cruelly, all because of that bitch.
I’ve seen the ruthless side of Rowan before. It wasn’t as intense as now, but it was still something to be
reckoned with. I used to find it cute. What I never imagined, though, was that I’d one day be at the
receiving end of his wrath.
my scalp.
My jaw hurt. So do my chin and my
He had been so cold and so mean. His eyes have always held love, but today I saw nothing but hate and
disgust in them.
In his eyes, I saw death, and I just knew that if he could have his way, I would disappear from this world.
I try to think about what went wrong, but nothing makes sense.
Rowan hates me and wants nothing to do with me. Calvin cut me off and he also wants nothing to do
with me. I had both of them in the palm of my hands and now I had no one.
“What the hell were you thinking, Emma?” Travis yells at me. “I told you to stay away from Ava and Rowan. I told you that the man was in love with Ava. That he wanted nothing to do with you. So why the hell would you corner Ava in the fucking washroom like that?”
His words didn’t register at all. I still couldn’t believe Rowan would hurt me. That he would choose that bitch over me.
My heart ached. It felt like I had been shattered to pieces. Like my soul had been destroyed. It hurt so fucking much. I never thought that this day would come. That the day Rowan would choose Ava over me would ever arrive.
“Emma?” Travis calls, but I just continue staring ahead.
I couldn’t stop the tears that fell down my face.
“He doesn’t love me anymore,” I whisper as things finally start sinking in. “If he did, he wouldn’t have hurt me. He wouldn’t have chosen Ava over me.
What did she have that I didn’t? How the hell was she able to win Rowan over? He used to despise her, couldn’t even stand her presence. Now, he was defending her like she was the most precious thing in
I just couldn’t understand how things had gone so wrong. How had I lost everything when there had been so much hope when I came back?
Travis pulls me up by my armpits and sits me on the sofa.
“That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you,” he sighs in defeat. “But you wouldn’t listen to a single word |
said.”
“How is it possible? How can he love Ava of all people? How can he hurt me? He used to love me, didn’t
he?” I fire the questions.
I was so confused. So conflicted about everything.
“Yes he most likely did love you, but the love you had for each other was young love. I believe that his true and eternal love is Ava. I think he might love Ava more than he has ever loved you. That’s why he was
hard on you.”
The words were like a dagger being driven into my chest. I gasp at the pain because I swear I could feel it
physically.
My heart was breaking all over again. I had no way of stopping it. No way of slowing it down or making it
better. It was like I was losing Rowan to Ava all over again. This time is worse, though, because he
actually wants her. He loves her.
Love. The word leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. After everything I’ve been through. Everything I’ve had
to do, and all of it for what? I still lost to Ava. Still lost what mattered to me the most.
“Emma?” Travis calls with worry lacing his voice.
“What can I do? What will I do?” I asked no one in particular.
There is nothing you can do… Do yourself a favor and let Rowan go. His heart no longer belongs to you. If you keep holding on, then you’ll just cause yourself more heartbreak.”
That was not the answer I wanted to hear. I can’t help but wonder if he is right, though. Is it really time to let go of Rowan? Is his love for me completely gone? Is there really nothing left?
“What were you doing with Christine in the first place?” Travis asks, breaking me away from my thoughts.
thought that you were done with her.”
face my brother, letting his question register. It’s as if all the life inside me has been drained. Like the Flight In me has been snuffed out.
wanted to apologize and mend things with me.” I answer numbly.
Why the hell did it feel like I was lost? Like I was floating through a dark abyss with nothing to anchor me.
“And you believe her?”
“Yes,” I simply reply. “She looked apologetic.”
“I wouldn’t trust her if I were you, Emma. Christine has always been psychotic. Please stay away from her.”
was about to answer when the doorbell rang. Travis gives me one final look before standing up and heading towards the door.
“What the hell?” I hear him yell, but I don’t move from my spot. Not when I felt like I was dying on the
inside.
the
I only look up when two pairs of boots that I don’t recognize appear before me.
“Miss Emma Sharp?”
I nod my head at the police officers in confusion.
“You’re under arrest for the assault of Miss Ava Sharp.”
I just stare at them emotionlessly as they grab and handcuff me. Travis tries to stop them, but they just
shove him aside and take me away.
I know that Ava isn’t the one who filed a report since she was still at the hospital. So it was Rowan. It couldn’t be anyone else.
As they roughly shove me inside the car, I can’t help but beat myself up.
I should have just stayed at home instead of agreeing to meet Christine.
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?
