Chapter 165

Ava hated crying. She hated feeling weak, just as much as she hated crying too but that’s all she’s done for the past week. Needless to say, she had let herself be fooled by Sebastian’s promise of changing and coming back to his old self after the dinner party but it had all been a lie. The only reason he had attempted to pacify her was simply because he wanted her around to the next few functions he would be attending. That was she was to him now, a muse to garner public attention for the Bancroft empire.

His routine of coming back late at night and leaving before she woke up had remained constant.

Unwilling to come back to an empty house, Ava resorted to frequently having drinks with a few friends from the office after work.

“Earth to Ava,” Maggie snapped her fingers in front of her face, interrupting her train of thought.

“Hey,” Ava forces a smile on her face as she blinked twice in a bid to regain her semblance. “Sorry, I zoned out for a minute.”

“It was more than a minute,” E