Chapter 10
The Diamond in the Rough
Nadaline’s POV
Everything just blew up. I’ve spent years trying to ensure I never crossed paths with this son of a b***h again, but it seems the heavens have a sick sense of humor. Seeing the person I cherish most—Ava—stepping out of a room with that motherfucking bastard makes me want to scrub his existence off the face of the earth.
Those eyes. The same eyes that looked at me when he stole my innocence, the eyes that shattered my life into a million pieces, were now staring at me after years of him being a ghost. I don’t trust him a single bit.
"Uncle and niece talk." His words kept ringing in my head, mocking me. I scoffed, forcing Ava and Gold to excuse themselves to the car. Now, it was just the two of us.
I moved with a predatory speed, lungi
