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Ava couldn’t believe her eyes. She blinked severally, hoping it would only be a nightmare and she would wake up to the real world where the man standing across her would only be a figment of her imagination. She closed her eyes and it fluttered open after a couple of seconds but the man standing in front of her remained. Sebastian was real and he was her in their home. If anything Kim had said was true, Sebastian had come to see her after a month of their separation. “What are— I can’t even begin to…” Ava was lost for words. She didn’t know what to say or how to say it without wanting to scream to hell with everything inside of her.“Ava,” As soon as she heard her name escape between her lips, she lost her cool.“Do not call me that!” Ava yelled. “Do not ever in hell say my name with your mouth, Sebastian.”“I understand that you hurting and it’s justified but I need to talk to you before anything else,” Sebastian replied not giving in to her outbursts. He had expected this to hap
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“I can’t do this with you right now, Sebastian,” Ava replied, shaking her head. It was a lot for her to take in and she needed space to breathe and think about a lot of things right now. He needed to leave her alone and come back whenever she was in the right frame of mind to deal with everything he was saying but not now, not while her emotions were running at a high and she had little to no control over it. “I know I don’t deserve to be here not after how I treated you after you fell. Even after I ghosted you and rejected our baby as well.” Sebastian began, as he pleaded his case. He could her given up already and he didn’t want that to happen. If she closes up shop, then everything would be lost for good. Ava laughed dryly but it didn’t quite reach her eyes for obvious reasons. “You now believe the child is yours after calling me a manipulative bitch and a liar as well?”“That was never supposed to happen but I let myself get played and I’m sorry for thinking you would ever ch
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“I’ll call you so that—““Please, don’t.” Ava cut him short abruptly. She took a deep breath to compose herself before she spoke. “There’s no need to call. Before the week runs out, I should have made my decision on whatever this is and you can be here during the weekends so we can talk about it for both our sakes. I believe this lingered on for a long time and it needs to come to an end.” Sebastian nodded. If anything, she was right. This has lingered for a long time and they were walking a tightrope with the media trying to get into their business to know what has been happening for the past month now. “I’ve got a lot of things that I need to work on and I know that I haven’t told you about it yet but my father was killed because he trusted first and he went in blindly even when there was evidence laid out in front of him. He was always of the belief that family can do no wrong and it was what led to his untimely death, he died as a result of blind trust and I swore never to let
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Jake instantly knew that he messed up again.He let the razor slip from his fingers as it dropped onto the floor, the tears rolling down his cheeks with ease. He wasn't supposed to be like this, he was supposed to be stronger. He had promised himself that things wouldn’t be the way it had been in the past but he had broken his promise yet again. He had spent the past month in prison before he managed to secure bail after a long process that had been strenuous but he did it with the help of a few friends high up in the system and he knew that from then on, he had to be bigger than his fears. He just had to be. Jake turned on the water on the sink, putting his wrists underneath the water splashed on the cuts on both wrists as it turned red going down the drain in one swift motion. He felt the panic building up inside him but he was just managing to be in control this time. He had lost his composure the first time, he was supposed to let it happen again. He was the first one awake. He
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Ava was supposed to give Sebastian her reply to his pleas and request last week but she couldn’t bring herself to just yet so she had requested for an extra week to put her affairs in order first before they spoke about anything. She had also had to return to the agency on Renee’s request, none of them were going to go back to their daily lives if she didn’t move on with hers and she didn’t have it in her to lay around and waste their lives because she was hurting so she had to pick herself up and fall back in line.Despite how uncomfortable the first few days had been, she had missed doing this, doing what she loved and she was slowly getting back into the old, familiar routine. She had informed the agency that she wasn’t ready to take public statements or be exposed to the press yet and they respected her wishes by keeping her anonymous since she returned despite how hard the media pressed them for her whereabouts.She also understood the danger of ignoring everyone for a long time,
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“You’re going to give yourself a heart attack at this point if you don’t sit down before you lose your mind.” Damian chided Sebastian as he paced across the room. Sebastian ignored Damian as he continued with his pacing, he had tried to relax severally during the past week but it was becoming harder with each passing day. Ava had agreed to talk to him the weekend after he was lucky enough to talk to her at the penthouse but for some reason, she postponed and she suddenly called him out of the blue inviting him to the penthouse for a talk. He was a pretty good judge of character and he could detect from her voice that she wasn’t too thrilled about the prospect of talking to him but it was something she had to carry out as a result of obligation. Talks like that never ended well, he had been in her shoes and on the receiving end of many of these kinds of conversations and he knew how it ended.“I just can’t shake off the way she sounded over the call out of my head.” Sebastian began,
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It was nearly 7:00 PM. It was around her bedtime, after the talk with Sebastian had ended, she was going to go to bed either a sad or happy woman. She didn’t know how it would pan out but it would be either one of those options.Before Ava could get to the door, it was thrown open, and the last person she ever expected to see again barged in. Jake had failed her from the lounge all the way home and he had waited till it was dark before he came into the house, he didn’t want to be seen by anyone and give her the cause to raise an alarm that would put him in jeopardy. Kim had driven Ava home and she had made her way into the house with her as well, he had waited outside for hours hoping she would step out and leave him alone with Ava but he had gotten restless sitting outside in his car because he didn’t know when next he would have her within his grasp.As soon as the skies grew dark, Jake made his way out of his park parked across the street, and into the penthouse. He knocked once o
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Ava’s eyes widened in fear immediately she saw the gun in Jake’s hand. He was off the chart this time around and she had to be careful before he did something crazy right now.“Jake,” Ava began, trying to reason with him. “It doesn’t have to come down to this, you know that right? We can talk this out like adults without having to incite violence or anything that would lead to actions either of us would regret in the end.”“Shut the fuck up, Ava,” Jake yelled. “You suddenly want to talk now?” He laughed bitterly, his eyes blazing with fury. “I tried to talk to you. Heck, I’ve been trying to talk to you for a very long time but you wouldn’t give me the light of day and now, you suddenly want to talk?”“Put the gun down, Jake.” Ava pleaded. “Put it down before you do something rash.” “I’m not going to do that!” Jake yelled once again, pointing the gun at Ava, who was already shaking in her boots. There was nothing or nowhere she could run to without getting shot, she couldn’t move fas
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One month laterThe wedding had been a splendid affair and from the start, Ava was practically forbidden from lifting a finger for herself by Kim, Renee, Violet, and the flock of servants at her disposal due to how heavy she had become and she resorted to staying put unless she risked the ire of the women helping her dress up. Sebastian had planned a proposal with the rest of their friends leaving her in the dark. It was unexpected and it felt real and different this time around, they had come through so many difficulties and they both knew it was the right time to make it all real this time around.At the stroke of midnight on her wedding, Ava was standing at the entrance of the hall already adorned with palatial decorations with cascading floral arrangements hanging from every side of the grand room, sparkling white chandeliers hung high above with delicate draperies completing the settings designed to evoke an atmosphere filled with love and warmth. A group of violinists was posit
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It’s been two months since Sebastian was released from the hospital and Ava moved into the mansion with him. The penthouse held too many hurtful memories and she wasn’t eager to go back there and be plagued by nightmares during her sleep. Jake’s trial hadn’t taken a lot of time either, there was a ton of insurmountable evidence against him and the jury didn’t take much liking to him either, or the judge. In reality, no one was going to take the side of a journalist with murderous intentions over New York’s most desirable couple. Their return to the spotlight had been a field day in the media world especially as articles and gossip about their breakup had been going on for a while now, their appearance together had all but quietened every rumor going on about them. Ava was becoming used to being pregnant and after a few weeks of tedious work down at the agency, she had gone on maternity leave that would run well into a few months after she gave birth.One of her favorite parts of be
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Damian looked back and forth between Ava and Sebastian and it was pretty obvious that they had eyes for just each other right now, everything else faded into the background. He didn’t need any further clue, his time here was up.“I believe it’s best I give you both some space to talk things through.” Damian cleared his throat, gave Sebastian a nod, and patted Ava’s shoulders as he walked past her. “Do you think they’re going to be fine?” Violet asked Damian as soon as he got to the door. Sebastian spared them a glance over his shoulder before returning his gaze to Violet. “I can’t possibly say for sure but if what I noticed between them was true then we’ve got nothing to worry about.As soon as Ava heard the door shut behind her, she walked towards the bed, maintaining a friendly distance as she pulled out a chair and sat on it. Sebastian didn’t know how to start tackling their issues so he decided to make small talk first, it always worked for him and he was hoping that it wouldn
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Ava made her way outside the building and towards the parking lot, it was lonely, just how she wanted it to be. She didn’t want any disturbance or interference from anyone. All Ava had wanted was for Sebastian to wake up from his coma. She spent days at his bedside, urging him to come back to her and he eventually did but she ran. There was no telling why she ran and she didn’t even have any logical explanation as to why she did it, the only thing she could say is that she was scared shitless and that was all she could say. She would eventually have to go back and talk to him afterward but she didn’t know if she could bring herself to do it. “Hey, sis.” Ava looked up to see Kim walking towards her flanked on either side by Renee and Violet, they all wore worried expressions on their faces and she could tell from their hesitation that they didn’t know if they should come any closer or maintain a healthy distance. “How did you guys find me?” Ava asked, her eyes were fixed to the g
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“I’m only trying to look out for you,” Kim sighed. “I’m tired of seeing you crying after a couple of months where you think you’re in love and your troubles are behind you. It hurts me as much as it hurts you, Ava.” “I know,” Ava smiled sadly. Kim was right, she’d always been eager to jump right back into it without putting provisions in place in case her assumed fairytale moment didn’t come to pass. But things were different this time around, she had been through a lot and as a result, she’d been forced to put herself first for now before anyone else and if anything was going to happen, she would be the last person to instigate anything. She’d done enough and it wasn’t going to work, she wasn’t going to invest her time lifting a finger. She’s done enough already. “Things aren’t going to be the way it once was. I promise you that.”“Tell me you’re sure you know what you’re doing?” Kim nibbled on her lower lip. “I can’t promise you I know what I’m doing, Kim. But my heart is in the
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“You really should stop feeling this way and making us feel like we’re strangers as well,” Kim frowned. “We’re here because we love and care about you, that’s the truth. You’re part of our lives so I don’t see how you keep interfering in what you’re a major part of. You’ve got to accept that so you’d stop feeling like you owe us something because you don’t.”Ava sighed. “Okay, you’re right and I’m sorry for feeling this way. It’s unusual to see a lot of people wanting to help me at the same time and that’s why I reacted that way,” “It’s okay, we don’t hold it against you. We know your past and how you’re still getting used to a couple of good gestures. Kim suffers from the same problem as well.” Violet assured her. “So, you mentioned that Sebastian woke up a while ago?” Kim asked, eager to steer the conversation away from their childhood. She wasn’t prepared to visit memories that she had worked so hard to repress. “Yes, he did. He wasn’t a hundred percent conscious and the doctors
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Ava walked back into the hospital room as soon as the doctor mentioned it was okay for her to return. She walked back into the room to see Sebastian soundly asleep. “Is everything alright, doctor?” Ava sounded worried. “Did he go to sleep on his own or did he pass out?”“We gave him a sedative to keep him under for a couple of hours until he regains his full strength, he should feel much after he wakes up this time around and that’s what we’re hoping for. When that happens, we can then begin the final stage of his recovery process.” Ava nodded. “Thank you, doctor. We’re so grateful for the help you’ve rendered.”“It’s my pleasure to help. I’ve known Sebastian since we were both boys and my father has been the Bancroft’s family doctor for decades. He’s like family to me as well.” “Do I need to call you guys once he wakes up?” Ava asked, her eyes fixed on Sebastian. “You don’t need to, we’d be counting down the hours ourselves and carrying out checkups before midnight. You’ve got no
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It’s been a week since the ugly incident and Sebastian hadn’t woken up yet. Ava was struggling to pull it together but she knew she didn’t have any other option, she couldn’t afford to break down right now not when she had to look after herself and the baby as well given the fact that the pregnancy was entering into its crucial phase.The doctor urged her to give him time and be patient till he decided to come around. His vitals were good and his condition was improving, he was going to wake up any moment from now, the doctor would always say giving her a warm smile in return. The conviction in his voice always seemed to calm Ava’s nerves so she waited calmly until Sebastian decided to come around.She was in his hospital room, sitting on a chair next to the hospital bed, her knees were pulled up under her chin with her face buried between a historical romance novel by Nora Roberts. Reading helped her calm down and forget her worries and she’d been doing a lot of it during the past f
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“Life isn’t meant to be fair to everyone,” Damian offered Ava a soft smile. “It’s just the way life is and we’ve got to make the best out of what we’re given.”“Sebastian doesn’t deserve this,” Ava grumbled.“No one does but shit happens.” Damian shuffled his feet as he struggled to find a comfortable situation. “Do you think he’s going to come out of this? Be honest with me. I could use that right now if you don’t mind.”“Sebastian’s tough as nails. He’s one of the most stubborn men I’ve ever met and if there’s anyone I know who’s going to come out of this, it’s Sebastian.”“Thank you, Damian.” Ava rubbed her arms, trying to calm her nerves. “You’re welcome. If there’s anything you need, please, do not hesitate to inform me.”“I’m good. Besides, I have a lot of people doting on me already and you have work to do.” “If you say so but I’m still here if you need anything.”“I should’ve done this a long time ago but I want to thank you for talking to Sebastian and managing to convince
