AVA
Once we arrive New York, Quill and I drive in the same car while the twins drive in the anothe car. The drive back to the mansion was fun with Quill. We talked about stuff and he was constantly asking questions about my life. Not everyone really cares to ask about my personal life. I guess probably because, I don't fancy the subject. One way or the other, I try to avoid it.
" You know Rob right?" I decide to ask him.
" Please don't tell me you've also fallen for his good looks and charms?"
I chuckle. " Rob's sweet. At least everyone knows that." He nods.
" He's the different one I guess. Rob's smart and I'm gonna choose him over that dipshit Coen. Sometimes I ask myself what the actual fuck did Asa see in him that made them become best friends."
" Something special I guess. People's flaws shouldn't determine their capability or wha
AVA Asa's hands stays on either side of my head as he looks down at me. Our lips are inch apart and his hot breath fans my face. Is he going to kiss me? I want him to kiss me. We stay still, staring into each other's eyes and soul. Asa shuts his eyes and sighs as he pulls himself away from me, running his hand down his hair. " You should leave." He says without looking at me. With disappointment and rejection drilling holes in my back, I turn around and leave. This is awkward. I hurriedly climb down the stairs to my floor as I hurry inside my room. I unmute the TV and continue watching the movie absent mindedly. *** It's morning and I'm still in bed. Rob asked me earlier to lay back that today is my day off. The cleaners from two days ago cleaned the house and arranged everything. So I've been in my room since and I don't even bo
AVA I silently hum to the song as I watch Quill and Jen chat nonstop. I guess they forget I'm even in the car with them. Jen decides we stop by in a restaurant to have lunch. I didn't even eat the takeout Rob brought this morning and I'm hungry. She even wants us to party. " How are you related to Ava? Are you the brother to the parents of the kid she used to babysat?" Jen asks. I totally forgot I lied about what I do. Quill turns to look at me as he furrows his brows at me in confusion. I roll my eyes and shrug. " Yeah. He's the brother of my boss." I answer as I look at Quill and smile. " Why don't you bring him out often? You know..." Jen smiles at me. I shrug. " Sorry, Jen. What's up with you? How have you been?" " Good, I guess. I'm still planning on going to college and all that stuff. So Quill, you wanna maybe hangout sometime?" Jen asks Quill, once again for
AVA I sit next to Nick on the backseat of his Mercedes as one of his bulky henchman drives us to God knows where. I've been staring at the necklace for long and he noticed. How much does this even cost? I guess it's expensive. Maybe it can even purchase my aunt's apartment. I feel like I don't even deserve this. " You really like it that much?" Nick asks from beside me. I notice he rolls a silencer on the barrel of his gun. " It's the best thing anyone has ever given me." I tell him as I look up at him. He stares at me for a while before giving me a faint smile. " Wow. I'm flattered." He says, finally tucking the gun inside his tuxedo jacket. " You don't have to. I'm saying the truth though. It's beautiful." I say, still watching Nick. He's not the man known for less words. Nicholas Xavier always have something to say. And I guess he doesn't like compliments. " W
AVA " Are you okay?" Nick asks. He noticed I'm tensed as I look back at him. " Vincenzo is here." I whisper. Nick clench his jaw as he pulls away, looking around the dance floor. Oh well, too late cause Vincenzo is already approaching us with his shit eating grin. His bored woman walks behind him and she is less impressed. " If it's not the infamous Nicholas Xavier." Vincenzo smiles at him. A smile that doesn't reach his eyes. Nick is quiet as the two men silently glares at each other. Vincenzo's woman is rather oblivious of what's happening or she doesn't give a fuck. Vincenzo lets go of his woman. " So who are you here to kill?" Vincenzo whispers sipping from his champagne. He is yet to look at me and I guess he's doing it on purpose. " What do you want Vince? I never knew you are an acquaintance to Giovanni." " Oh me neither. I least expected you know her." And Vincenzo meets my eye
ASA It's quiet out here as usual and sometimes I enjoy the quietness. It gives me space to think and forget about my reality and life outside the family. This is like my second home. Always coming to the cemetery to check on her. Anna Xavier. The Mafia is a load of bull. Too much responsibility and the fear of always losing someone you care about. My mother was something I lost and almost everytime I wished I could get her back. Ever since her funeral, my father had never come to see her. And that is because he never cared about her. He was the reason she was shot on that faithful day. She was just coming out of the hair salon with her friend when they shot her. Her friend suffered a brain injury after the attack and died four days later at the hospital. It was a shitty day. A memory I wish I can forget. We later found out that our father's behind her death. He was
ASA " I want you to kiss me. Please, Ace." She whispers, with her fingers trailing down on my nape. With my arms around her waist, I rub it up her back through the silk night dress and back to her waist. I'm tempted to go further. To grab her ass and feel it in my palms, but I don't do it. " What are you waiting for?" She whispers, fisting my shirt and pulling me into her. " Shit. You're not drunk, are you?" I ask her. She giggles, her fingers trailing down my chest, down my torso to the waistline of my pants. She touches me through my pants and bites her lip. " Do I sound drunk?" " Fuck." I grab her wrist and pull it off of me. She frowns and stares into my eyes. " We can't." There's hurt in her eyes as she stares at me. " You can't kiss me, yeah?" She nods and pulls away, walking back t
♥AVA♥ This should be some kind of joke right? Cause I'm not finding any of this funny. This man who I assume to be the twins' father points his gun at me. There's no emotion in his eyes as he glares into my soul. He reminds me of Nick. The Nick I first encountered. The Nick who would hurt anyone without a care in this world. The brothers glare at their father who still has his gun pointing directly in between my eyes. He cocks the gun and Asa stands up at once. Shielding me from his crazy ass father. Why am I even here? " You don't want to do this son." The father says. " You also don't want to do this father." Nick says throwing away his cigarette on the ashtray. " So lemme guess, one of you is in love with her already and that one is you Asa. This is some kind of joke." He laughs. I look between the t
AVA It's been a week since my encounter with Nathan Xavier and his sons. My shoulder is healing and it's better than before. There's a slight fading scar on my shoulder and each time I look at it, I just wanna rip out Athena's blonde hair and leave her completely bald. Fucking bitch. This past week had been pretty busy for me. I had at least two dates with two crime bosses this past weekend and it was disastrous. There was a gun fight with one while the other I actually had a narrow escape. It wasn't really friendly. Giovanni's was kinda easy since he's a sucker for women. I haven't seen Asa since the day his father showed up. I even called him on his phone and he acted like he was busy. He's been avoiding me and it's annoying. What's his shit? The look on his eyes when he saw his brother making out with me gave me signs that he would definitely avoid me and that's exactly what he's doing and it pisses me off.&n
♥ EPILOGUE ♥ I slowly open my eyes and itch it. God I feel light and tired like I've been sleeping for two days. I look around Asa's bedroom and I'm surprised it's not Asa's bedroom. I look around my strange environment and I'm pretty sure this is not Asa's bedroom. The drapes are white and the decoration in this room is different from Asa's bedroom in his penthouse. Where's this place? I sit up slowly. Something feels strange. I look down at myself and I'm wearing a white lace bikinis. The bikini top is pure lace and my nipples are visible. Who put this on me? The last thing I remembered was that I was with Asa, we just got back from dinner with my aunt and Matt and we were in bed together. That's the last thing I remembered. And I wasn't wearing these beautiful white bikinis. I hear the sound of waves and cold breeze. Where am i?
•AVA• ♥TWO WEEKS LATER♥ It's my aunt's wedding day and I've never been happier. These past weeks have been a little rough but it's been good. I settled things with Asa and we're like an official couple now. We're dating, in a relationship, whatever you wanna call it. And my job's been good too. I visited the mansion with him two weeks ago and I had breakfast with the guys. Nicholas was pretty cool and I'm really grateful he's the reason we're back together. Nick and I are now on good terms except his father. I apologized about the heirloom I took and the man's heart is as cold as stone. He just nodded that day and dismissed me. I don't know what that means though, but at least it's something." I don't know what my son sees in you, maybe it's something worth keeping." He had said that day. I still don't know what that means. I stare at my
ASA" I love you Asa Xavier." She whispers into my mouth. At first I thought I didn't hear her say it. She literally just confessed she loved me. And hell if it doesn't feel good to hear it from her mouth. I stop kissing her as I look down at her. Fuck she's so beautiful. This past month without her by my side was hell. There is no passing day I didn't think about her. My thoughts were crowded with this woman. To think she'd hurt me still pisses me off." Did you mean that?" I ask her. She bites her lip and smiles up at me. God I missed seeing her doing this. Biting her lip with her beautiful big brown eyes. She stands on her toes and hoists her right thigh around my torso. I wrap her other thigh around my torso and pull her upwards so we're eye to eye. My hands are on her butt." I love you Asa. And I fucking mean it."" Say that shit again." I tell he
AVA Asa doesn't kiss back and I don't have time to complain cause he pulls away. I breathe in, our eyes are still locked with great intensity." Fuck." He mutters and exhales, looking around the suite. His eyes fall on Rio who's unconscious. He'll be awake very soon." I am sorry."" Why?"" Because I fucked up, and I take it back, and I'm really sorry." I tell him and bite my lip. Asa breathes out again and runs his fingers through his hair." Stop fucking doing that Ava."" I missed you and I was miserable without you. I want us to go back to what we were."" What were we? What the fuck were we? We were nothing, remember."" Don't say that." I plea." Don't say what? Don't tell you the truth? I can't do this with you right now." He says and pulls out his gun from his jacket pocket. He checks the bul
AVA'S POV Romeo is still in the backroom. I pull out my phone to drop a text for Asa, but I stop myself. If he's not willing to talk to me, maybe I should stop pestering him. Taking a sip from my vodka, I look around the area Nick went. He must have left the club because I can't find him." Do you mind?" A male voice asks. I turn to look at the stranger. He looks forty and well dressed. I nod, signaling to the barstool next to mine." What do you want?" I ask him. I'm not in the mood for any conversation, especially when my heart is hurting. This shit sucks." Straight to the point. They told me a lot about you and I doubted you don't take shit from no one."" They? What are you talking about?"" I have heard a lot about you. Such a unique talent inside one little woman. One glance and no one would notice you are a woman with such beautiful charm that can make any man fal
AVA" Ava?" He calls my name." You two know each other?" Matt asks. Even my aunt looks surprised." What the fuck are you doing here?" He smiles at me and drops the bottle of wine on the dining table. He sits down next to Matthews." You know each other?" Aunt asks." Yes." He says and looks at me. It's been a long time since we saw each other. Even before I left the mansion, we barely converse since he's not always around. How did he go from Rob to Jeremy? What the actual fuck is going on?" How did you two know each other?" Matthews asks. He looks at Jeremy and then me. I think he has a superpower for telling when someone is lying. Especially me." We uh... He's my friend. We've known each other for quite a long time now. How come I didn't know you two are related?"" Because you didn't ask." Rob says. After this dinner, I'm definitely stabbi
AVA"Ava." I inhale at the sound of his voice. One week without hearing this voice was hell for me. I can't even remember how I lived through the torments of each night. They were the worse nights of my life." Asa."" What do you want?" The harshness in his voice reminds me of how much I fucked up. How much I ruined the good times we had together. I'm pretty sure he hates me now. The corners of my eyes stings with tears and I'm gonna cry. I sob. " I'm sorry." I hear him sigh on the other end of the line. He's quiet and I'm guessing he's thinking if he should talk to me or ignore me like I deserve." Bye, Ava."" Ace please." He hangs up. Right before I can even say 'Ace please.' I scream and hurl my phone against the wall. I fall down on the floor next to my bed and sob. It's over. He's never wanting me back no matter how much I
AVA" I knew you were going to hurt me, but I didn't realize it was this soon."His words continue to ring in my head every passing day. The hurt in his eyes burnt deep cuts into my heart every time I closed my eyes. How did I fuck this one up again? I can't sleep at night. I just can't. The guilt is eating me up and I want to see him again. To apologize and pour out all the feelings I've been hiding, locking away. I feel like shit and I hate myself for hurting the one man who treated me like I'm the only girl in the world. Who made me feel like a queen even if I don't deserve it. Why did I do this? Maybe he's right, I'm no different from Ramona. It's been one week, one week since he told me he loved me. One week since he opened his heart and confessed how much he felt about me and how he wanted to keep me. To make me his. And all I did was stare at him. Because I don't deserve him. All I've done was hurt him and used him to satisf
ASAMan, fuck this shit. I pull out a cigarette from Nicholas's pack and light it. Taking in a long drag, I stare at the ceiling and spur out the smoke. This is hard. Falling in love is hard. It has always been hard and I hate myself for forgetting so soon. Nick sits back as he watches me with his shit eating grin. What did I get myself into?" What did she say?" Nick asks. I don't wanna talk to nobody. Thinking about the look on her face, I wanna punch something. Someone, anyone at all. I fall back on the couch and run my hands down my hair as I inhale the cancer stick. Why did I tell her I was in love with her? I couldn't help it. I guess it was time to finally tell her how much I feel towards her. That I was tired of pretending the sex we've been having is meaningless, when all this time it meant a lot to me. And the minute I opened my mouth to tell her I