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I growled at him—literally “GrrrrrrrWell, it should”

The jerk flashed a rowl like that”

My eyes nearly bulged fro on me?”

“That would be wrong, wouldn’t it? Considering…you know…me and Ava and all”

“You’re a piece of work” I turned to walk away

“Wait” He grabbed ?”

“What?”

“Who’s Ava?”

Unreal A guy like him—it was possible he didn’t remember the names of the women he screwed over I mean, it had been a whole teeks since the last tiether “Go home to your wife, Owen”

I leftin the hallway and went back to the table where Ava was quietly drinking away her pain

“You wanna get out of here? I’”

I figured there was no use ins worse Unfortunately, Ava had really started to fall for the asshole In theher crap about how he saw their future with two kids and a pug

Ironically, he was right Their future did entail two kids and a pug Because he’d been holding a leash while walking with his two, tow-headed little girls when she ran into him in the park Only he’d failed to mention that in this version of his future, his ould also be holding their month-old son as they strolled

Ava wobbled a bit as she hopped from the barstool “I should climb up on this bar and tell every woman to watch out for that asshole”

Norht I was pretty sure her cliency room

“He’s not worth your breath” I slipped her sweater from the back of the stool and held it up for her to put on She sighed andher arm into the hole the first two times

Behind the bar, Charlie—who had been listening to us fora beer “That’s it Fro on the wooden bar, causing beer to slosh all over “I’o out with” Charlie O’Leary owned the Brooklyn pub where Ava and I worked He was also a retired cop

I sive you the names of suspected serial killers—just to watch your ears turn that lovely shade of purple they turn when you’re pissed off” I leaned over the bar and kissed hiht, Charlie-o”

He gruhters and waved me off

“Can we go out the back door?” Ava asked “I don’t want to pass him on the way out”

“Sure Of course”

I hooked my arm with hers to make sure she stayed steady as alked After a few steps, I looked up and saw Married Guy standing next to the back door