Never Letting You Go (Being Yours Novella Series Book 1) by Dawn Martens

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    Cameron
    My phone rings, waking me up. I didn’t bother going back to Edmonton once I gave Mason and his guys all the information I could on my wife and her parents. It’s been a week, and I’m still waiting.
    “Hello?” I say, answering the phone.
    “Cameron. We found her. Parents moved to a small town just outside of Red Deer, town of Penhold. I went there myself and chatted her up for a few minutes. It’s definitely her,” Mason tells me.
    “Great, let me grab a pen and paper, and I’ll get the address from you.”
    I finish getting ready and check out of the hotel. I don’t plan to come back here because I plan to be home tonight, with my wife.
    I pull onto the street and park in front of the Lyle’s new house. Before I can knock on the door, Mrs. Lyle opens it and gives me a sad smile. “Hi, Cameron.”
    “Loretta. I need to see Ava,” I tell her.
    She shakes her head. “You just missed her by about twenty minutes. She went out to get her hair done, saying she needed a change. You know her appointments last a long time,” she tells me with a small smile, opening the door further and letting me in. “Why don’t you go sit in the living room. I’ll bring some drinks, and we can have a chat.”
    “Is, um, Jeff around?” I ask hesitantly. He never seemed to like me much, but he let it go once I proved to him that I really, truly loved his daughter. Now, I’m worried our relationship is ruined. God knows what Ava has said to him about me.
    “No, he went out hunting. Won’t be back until sometime tomorrow morning,” Loretta tells me. I sag in relief, and she notices it. “Mind telling me your side of things?”
    I rub my face and sit back on the couch. “I didn’t know at first. I came home from work, and she was gone. My maid reamed me out. My mom called later and cussed me out, using words I’ve never heard her say before. I found Ava’s note saying she was gone, but I couldn’t figure it out. Then, a few days later, Alana came to my office, throwing a newspaper at me, and I realized why Ava left.” I let out a deep breath and continue. “It’s not what she thinks. Yes, I had a coffee with Becky, but not because we are or have been together. She just needed someone to talk to. That’s it, nothing more.”
    “So her child isn’t yours?” Loretta asks me.
    “Of course not,” I reply, getting angry.
    “Good. Now, you’re not going to like what I’m about to say, but you need to go home.”
    “What? No. I’m not leaving without Ava.”
    “Son, you need to give this some time. Ava is hurt, and right now, she won’t listen to reason. You go on home. I’ll call and update you as she starts to calm down. When that happens, you get your ass back here for her.” I think about this and decide she’s right.
    “Promise you’ll call me for anything?”
    “I promise, Cameron. You’re a good kid. You’ll do the right thing once she’s not so angry.”
    I nod and get up to walk out the door. “Cameron, do you love Ava?” she asks me.
    I turn to her, looking right in her eyes. “Yes, I do. I love Ava with all my heart.”
    She chuckles softly. “That was cheesy, but I believe you. When the time is right, you’ll get her back.”
    I give her a kiss on the cheek and leave. I head back to Edmonton, calling my lawyer on the way home, trying to think of the next play we need to make to have the divorce delayed.
     

 
     
    Chapter 10
    5 years of marriage
    Ava
    I wake up, my head on Cameron’s chest. Boy has this year been weird. When we had sex the first time, it was because, according to him, I was taking too damn long to get with the program. I got a phone call from Zach about three days later, and Cameron took the phone from me and told him not to contact his wife again.
    I was in shock. I didn’t understand it. All Cameron said was, now that I was finally in his bed, since I was already his wife, he wasn’t letting me be with anyone else. He was also relieved