Chapter 35 Meeting Her Father

Ava's Pov

I was exhausted after finishing my shift that evening, my feet aching from standing for hours. But there was a sense of satisfaction that came with clocking out as the night shift worker arrived to take over.

I signed out and stepped through the front door of the restaurant, feeling the cool evening air wash over me.

The city buzzed around me, the sounds of cars and distant conversations filling the air as I stood on the curb, waiting for a cab.

I pulled my coat tighter around me, my thoughts drifting back to Richard and the argument we had earlier. His words still echoed in my mind, his controlling tone, the way he tried to dictate where I should work and who I should work for.

Who does he think he is? The nerve of him to try and decide my life for me. Frustration bubbled up inside me, but I tried to push it down. This wasn’t the time to dwell on that.

As I was lost in my thoughts, a sleek, black limousine suddenly pulled up in front of me, its tinted windows r