Chapter 172

Ava woke up the next morning and heaved a sigh of relief as soon as she found out that Sebastian was nowhere to be found. Her best guess was he was at the local pub with a couple of friends like he often did on most Saturday mornings and it gave her just the right amount of time to leave the house before he would come back.

Despite how tipsy she had been the previous night, she was still able to remember every bit of their conversation. She had refused to talk to him about their relationship and it’s been the same way for a week, she was scared about being rejected. A fear so deep that she preferred to keep her distance until she could detach herself completely from him.

If Sebastian left her now, she wouldn’t know what to do with herself. At best guess, she would plunge into depression and her career would take a nosedive. She wasn’t yet at the pinnacle or close to it. She had gotten a couple of promotions but that was it, if she ended things with Sebastian now, it would have a gre