Chapter 47Coran's povJust a day without Ava in the house felt like a long time, I couldn't even sleep well so I ended up developing a headache which prevented me from going to work. Dr Navia is also with me in the house but she is busy with the patient in the black room.I have also been following up with his treatment and in the next few months, he should be fully awake.These were all the bothering thoughts running through my mind until the loud alarm rang from my phone.‘who is that?’ I thought as I held my phone high, checking who the caller was.“Father?” I called out in shock because it's been very long since he last called. He would rather visit me or send his personal assistant to me.“Are you there?” That was the first thing he asked as soon as I picked the call.“Yes, father.”“Are you deliberately playing me? Are you toying with me?” He asked, making my heart jump in panic.Has he discovered the secret? Did he already know that Ava isn't pregnant?I cleared my throat and
Chapter 48Ava's pov It's been four days since I last saw Coran and also three days since James arrived. He has been very nice to me and we have been visiting everywhere together.“Just try to forget him, you will surely meet a better man,” James repeated the statement he has always always said to me to console me. “Thank you,” I replied with a smile, looking for the right maternity gown to hide my pregnancy perfectly. A mail has been sent to me concerning the results of the final event but I haven't had time to check what the content was.“Maybe later,” I thought loudly.“Are you saying something to me?” James asked and I quickly nodded.I passed through the baby section and a part of me wanted to go there, to admire the cute baby dresses and envelope myself In the kiddies scents oozing from there but I know better not to do that.I sighed with a teary eye and forced myself to look away. ‘The perfect time will come, just take a deep breath’ I reassured myself as I stumbled my way
Chapter 49Ava's pov I choked back on the food in my throat then stared at him with a dumbfounded expression. What did he mean by he is going to explain everything I need to know? He didn't even do that when I needed the explanation.“Should I go ahead?” He asked for permission and I granted him as he expected , I wouldn't even disagree anyways.“Where do you want me to start from?” He asked as he began unwrapping his own set of cutlery. I glanced at him in awe, not totally understanding what he meant by that.Is he actually asking me that kind of question? I wasn't even the one that brought up the conversation.I wiped my mouth with the handkerchief then dumped it in the closet bin.“Maybe the garden or Alessia perhaps,” I stated.His hand unconsciously froze on the fork but he quickly masked it with a proper composure.“About that garden,” he started.“It was the first request that Alessia will make from me. This was how me and Alessia's story started and I promise not to exclude a
Chapter 50Ava's pov Coran rested his hand on his chin and rounded up his statement, “I didn't refute her sentence because I still respected her deeply but she didn't appreciate that enough, she came to me two months after the incident and insisted that I got her pregnant, deep down i never laid with her,” he completed.At that moment, I saw him in an entirely different light. How I wish he had explained his part from the beginning but it's what it is.I held his hand gently even though I couldn't see his face in the red light, then I spoke in a low murmur, “none of this was your fault and you have every right not to hold on to what isn't yours okay?” I rubbed gently on his knuckles and I noticed that he winced.Wait! I switched on the torch of my phone to have a clear glimpse of the spot and to my shock, it was the same place he hit the wall four days ago.“You didn't treat it?” I asked with a firm face while he gave me a shrug, a big smile plastered on his face.“Why?” I questioned
Chapter 51Ava's pov.“Won't you invite me in for tea?” He repeated what he already said, standing firm on his word. I nervously scratched my head and opened the door for both of us to enter.“I don't have a men's flip flop around so you have to manage with mine,” I offered him my pink flip-flop which he hesitated to change into.“Nevermind, I will just order some for you later,” I waved off my idea after seeing his hesitation. Just then, he placed a finger on my lips and removed his shoe which he placed at a clean corner beside the blue rack. Then he stepped in the living room entered with his socks.My face dropped in dissapointment and he was quick to notice that, “I am afraid that I might spoil it and you will end up exposing your feet to cold.”He ran his tongue over his lips, making it pinker and brighter under the dim crescent light in the room. He walked over to me and held my shoulder gently then he bent low to whisper something into my ear.“I will feel bad if you catch cold
Coran's povI remained hidden in the corner, patiently waiting for the intruder that was lurking around to approach my direction. The room was very dark and the reflection of the moon was the only source of light inside but my eyes had grown accustomed to darkness and they were clear as the day.Just as predicted, I noticed a sneaky move towards my direction, I mentally calculated my moves and with a raise of my fist, I landed a heavy punch on the throat of the intruder.“ Argghhh,” a loud groan escaped his mouth, making me maintain a satisfactory expression . I turned on the wall switch for a clear glimpse of who the person was.The first thing that caught my attention was the green snake tattoo on his neck. “ Wait, you are …” I trailed off, trying to gather my thoughts together.I was very mad and furious because judging from the tattoo, the assassin was from the Vein clan and he is a smaller assassin. What were they thinking when they sent a newbie to me?I tried hard to connect th
Coran's pov “ What are you talking about?” She questioned with a glare.I scoffed and moved closer to her, making myself clearer this time around, “ you look fucking hot and I want to bury myself in you,” The atmosphere became heavy as her face distorted in anger, “ did I look like a slut to you?” Her face and demeanor showed that she was trying to calm herself down but deep down, I think that she is just trying to play hard to get.Wrapping my hand around her waist, I pulled her closer to myself only for her to do the least thing I expected from her.“ Who the hell do you think you are to touch me like that, you bloody pervert,” she landed a slap on my face and pushed me away, she then proceeded to roll her eye.“ You slapped me?” I gritted my teeth together with green views visible on my forehead. “ So what? And I will still…” I didn't give her a chance to complete her statement before I grasp and strangled her tightly on the neck. Her face turned red and she began to cough viol
Coran pov The file was carefully placed in my hand and I waved my hand at him to disperse him. Joe bowed and was about to leave when he suddenly bowed.“ Don't forget the meeting tonight,” he reminded me and matched away from my front. I watched his receding back before I finally settled to open the file.The front page contained all her personal information which included her age and who her parents were. I shunned the information off and was about to open to the next page when my eye caught an interesting information. “She stays with her sister?” I mumbled in a low voice and as if that wasn't enough, her supposed sister is a chronic bet addict. A knowing smile crept its way to my lips, without further ado, I closed the file and entered the room.“ What are you still doing there?” I questioned Lucia, who was still acting coyish on the bed.She instantly stood up and dressed herself up before making her way to the entrance, where I stood and patiently waited for her to leave.She w
Chapter 51Ava's pov.“Won't you invite me in for tea?” He repeated what he already said, standing firm on his word. I nervously scratched my head and opened the door for both of us to enter.“I don't have a men's flip flop around so you have to manage with mine,” I offered him my pink flip-flop which he hesitated to change into.“Nevermind, I will just order some for you later,” I waved off my idea after seeing his hesitation. Just then, he placed a finger on my lips and removed his shoe which he placed at a clean corner beside the blue rack. Then he stepped in the living room entered with his socks.My face dropped in dissapointment and he was quick to notice that, “I am afraid that I might spoil it and you will end up exposing your feet to cold.”He ran his tongue over his lips, making it pinker and brighter under the dim crescent light in the room. He walked over to me and held my shoulder gently then he bent low to whisper something into my ear.“I will feel bad if you catch cold
Chapter 50Ava's pov Coran rested his hand on his chin and rounded up his statement, “I didn't refute her sentence because I still respected her deeply but she didn't appreciate that enough, she came to me two months after the incident and insisted that I got her pregnant, deep down i never laid with her,” he completed.At that moment, I saw him in an entirely different light. How I wish he had explained his part from the beginning but it's what it is.I held his hand gently even though I couldn't see his face in the red light, then I spoke in a low murmur, “none of this was your fault and you have every right not to hold on to what isn't yours okay?” I rubbed gently on his knuckles and I noticed that he winced.Wait! I switched on the torch of my phone to have a clear glimpse of the spot and to my shock, it was the same place he hit the wall four days ago.“You didn't treat it?” I asked with a firm face while he gave me a shrug, a big smile plastered on his face.“Why?” I questioned
Chapter 49Ava's pov I choked back on the food in my throat then stared at him with a dumbfounded expression. What did he mean by he is going to explain everything I need to know? He didn't even do that when I needed the explanation.“Should I go ahead?” He asked for permission and I granted him as he expected , I wouldn't even disagree anyways.“Where do you want me to start from?” He asked as he began unwrapping his own set of cutlery. I glanced at him in awe, not totally understanding what he meant by that.Is he actually asking me that kind of question? I wasn't even the one that brought up the conversation.I wiped my mouth with the handkerchief then dumped it in the closet bin.“Maybe the garden or Alessia perhaps,” I stated.His hand unconsciously froze on the fork but he quickly masked it with a proper composure.“About that garden,” he started.“It was the first request that Alessia will make from me. This was how me and Alessia's story started and I promise not to exclude a
Chapter 48Ava's pov It's been four days since I last saw Coran and also three days since James arrived. He has been very nice to me and we have been visiting everywhere together.“Just try to forget him, you will surely meet a better man,” James repeated the statement he has always always said to me to console me. “Thank you,” I replied with a smile, looking for the right maternity gown to hide my pregnancy perfectly. A mail has been sent to me concerning the results of the final event but I haven't had time to check what the content was.“Maybe later,” I thought loudly.“Are you saying something to me?” James asked and I quickly nodded.I passed through the baby section and a part of me wanted to go there, to admire the cute baby dresses and envelope myself In the kiddies scents oozing from there but I know better not to do that.I sighed with a teary eye and forced myself to look away. ‘The perfect time will come, just take a deep breath’ I reassured myself as I stumbled my way
Chapter 47Coran's povJust a day without Ava in the house felt like a long time, I couldn't even sleep well so I ended up developing a headache which prevented me from going to work. Dr Navia is also with me in the house but she is busy with the patient in the black room.I have also been following up with his treatment and in the next few months, he should be fully awake.These were all the bothering thoughts running through my mind until the loud alarm rang from my phone.‘who is that?’ I thought as I held my phone high, checking who the caller was.“Father?” I called out in shock because it's been very long since he last called. He would rather visit me or send his personal assistant to me.“Are you there?” That was the first thing he asked as soon as I picked the call.“Yes, father.”“Are you deliberately playing me? Are you toying with me?” He asked, making my heart jump in panic.Has he discovered the secret? Did he already know that Ava isn't pregnant?I cleared my throat and
Chapter 46Ava's povMore tears flowed down my face as I heard the pleading of the woman, “please just accept the baby, she has always been ridiculed for being fatherless,” the woman pleaded. The voice isn't really clear because of how chaotic it was recorded so I couldn't really point out who the voice belonged to.“Baby? I never told you I wanted any kids, did I?” Coran's clear voice came out of the pen. It was at this moment the pen fell from my hand.No! I can't take it anymore, Coran's words not only hurt but the tone he used was even worse. I couldn't endure it so I had to switch it off. I was beginning to feel muddle headed and all I wanted right now was to go home but before then, I have to wash my haggard looking face…I splashed a few drops of water on my face then took out rows of wipes to dry it out. Looking at how puffy my under eyes were, I brought out my mini makeup kit to correct them.It took me only a few minutes to correct them, then I went back to the conference h
Chapter 45Ava's pov “What do you think you are doing? Are you here to fight for your beloved first love?” I asked, placing my hand on my waist. Coran, who pulled me to the dark corner stared at me in awe as he thought of what to say.“Can we not talk about Alessia? She is just part of my past and will always remain my past,” he defended, rubbing his forehead in frustration.I smirked as my eyes locked with his, I don't know where my new found confidence came from but that was what I needed at that moment. I stepped on my toes to match up with his height then I spoke;“So you don't want me to involve her right now. By the way, I am really curious to know how she ended up with my design or is it just coincidence that she told me you gave her a design to present, at the same time I saw you peeking at my tablet in the room. Don't you think you have something to explain?”His mouth dropped down in shock and his eyes bulged in surprise, “I don't understand what you're saying, is this some
Chapter 44Ava's povHis statement touched the deepest part of my heart but I managed to mask it with an unfazed expression, “yes, I think I forgot my boundary and I am sorry about that.”His lips quivered as he slowly removed his hand from his pocket, his lashes fluttered with his mouth shaking like he wanted to explain something.I raised my hand to stop him,“No, Don't! we will have a proper discussion after the event; you should prepare yourself for that,” I said and found my way out of his office. I almost collided with a bothered Joe outside the office door, he gazed at me with careful expression and greeted me.My bad temper didn't allow me to reply to his greeting, I rather gave him a secretive eye roll and stormed away. Jessica was still waiting in the conference hall, she stood at a corner as she patiently observed the environment. Just then, the loud speaker erupted with noise, informing all of us participants to go behind the cotton.I went to the corner that I had previou
Chapter 43Coran's pov I went back to my office after the discussion with Alessia. Presently, my head is heavy and unsettled because I don't know what my father is hinting at by sending her here.Flashback to my discussion with Alessia…I dragged her straight to a hidden corner in the hallway, when I got to a perfect silent location, I threw her hand off.“What the hell are you doing? Why did my father send you here and What was the discussion you were having with Avy?” I ranted out with a furious blazing red eye.A smirk played on her lips and her innocent looking eye changed to a devious looking one; she slicked her hair to the back and replied “What do you think I am doing?” She made to touch my chest but I was quick to avoid her hand.“Don't touch me with your fucking hand, I will advice you to abort any of the dumb missions you are here for,” I warned strictly but she looked unmoved by my threat.“Do you think you can do anything to me? If you couldn't do anything in the past,