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
Jake couldn’t believe his ears after what Ava had just said. He’d gone to lengths to make sure something like this never happened again but despite everything that he had done and had gone through to make sure Sebastian was removed from the picture, it seemed like it was never going to come to pass. He’d been through hell and back for her but she kept on running back to Sebastian no matter what he did and he was fed up already, he couldn’t take it anymore.“After everything, after all the stops I’ve put in place to stop something like this from ever happening and after all my sacrifices for your sake, you still chose Sebastian over me?” Jake managed to force out. He was going blind with rage and he wasn’t going to go down without putting up one last fight this time around.“I’ll always pick Sebastian over you, Jake,” Ava whispered, feeling the tears sting the back of her eyes. She could see him losing more of what was left of his control every second and she was getting scared for h
“I can’t let you do that,” Ava argued. “You’re going to hurt him and I can’t sit back and watch.”“There’s nothing you can do about that,” Jake laughed. “I’m here to have my revenge after you both ruined my life for good. You didn’t just think I was going to accept my fate Amad did not do anything about it, did you?”“You’re the creator of your fate, Jake. You did all of these without any of our help so don’t you come blaming us for something that Sebastian and I were both victims of more than you ever were.”“I guess it’s all in the past now right?” Jake chuckled. “It doesn’t matter anymore and we’re only supposed to focus on the present and I’m the victim here.” “Jake, you can just leave and I’ll never tell anyone that this ever happened, I promise,” Ava said again, trying to get him to leave. She didn’t want a fracas between the both of them given the circumstances surrounding the bad blood between Jake and Sebastian. If Sebastian got here without any knowledge of Jake being in t
Sebastian walked into the penthouse and he could immediately hear voices coming from the living room and judging from what he heard, it wasn’t a friendly exchange by any means. He could detect the hardness at one time and the fear at another.Ava was speaking rather fearfully to someone and it wasn’t Kim or any of her friends, there was an intruder in the house and he knew that he needed to get up there fast before something bad happened to her. As he climbed up the stairs, he heard Ava scream and a crash followed immediately after making his heart drop into his stomach, Sebastian doubled his steps and rushed into the living room where he was met with the shock of his life. Ava was struggling with Jake as they fought to gain control of the gun Jake was holding, Kim was screaming and crying at the same time, yelling at the both of them to stop before someone got shot accidentally. Sebastian quickly scanned the room calmly, he couldn’t afford to lose his head right now not when he nee
“I know and I’m not going to stop you,” Sebastian began. “You’re the one wielding the gun which means you have all the power and not me.”Jake narrowed his eyes on Sebastian. “Put your hands where I can see them and turn around slowly. If you do anything stupid, I’ll shoot you instantly.”“Will you let Ava go if I do what you want?” Sebastian asked.“Don’t ask me silly questions and do as I’ve instructed!” "Do exactly what I say or you die." Sebastian nodded and turned around slowly not willing to risk Jake’s ire.He could feel his heart racing despite his best attempt to compose himself.Jake had a British accent which became even more prominent in moments like this. There was no quake or tremor in his voice. His tone sounded calm and detailed. This was no hoax and Sebastian knew that if he went out of line, he would die.He planned to stall Jake for as long as possible until the police got here but he had a feeling that Jake knew this already but he didn’t just care. “None of thi
Ava screamed as soon as Sebastian went flying face-first into the wall she shuddered simultaneously at the impact. Jake’s eyes gleamed as he glanced at Sebastian who was groaning as he lay crumpled on the floor. That would give him enough time to deal with the rest of them before Sebastian had the chance to recover from the impact he just suffered. He turned towards Ava and all he felt was contempt, he couldn’t believe that he had once been in love with this woman, he still was but he loved her differently now. She ought to be punished for her role in ruining her life and while he wanted her to remain unharmed earlier he had changed his mind. If he didn’t deal with his past completely, there was no way he would be able to move on and he needed to move on if he wanted to get things right when he left New York City. The cops would soon be here, he’d lost track of how many minutes he’d spent debating with Sebastian but he estimated that it was quite a lot and he wasn’t going to waste a
Come on!” Sebastian yelled as he saw Kim a couple of steps away he rushed towards the back door with Ava in his arms. He wasn’t going to keep them here long enough for Jake to regain consciousness. Sebastian had provoked him enough and he knew that Jake wasn’t going to waste any time in getting trigger-happy as soon as he got sight of them. He lowered Ava down to her feet as Kim rushed towards them. “I need you two to leave and not turn back or come back for me at any cost,” Sebastian began, glancing behind him to make sure Jake wasn’t coming after them.“What?” Ava frowned, shaking her head. “I can’t do that, Sebastian. What if he kills you? He has a bloody gun!” “I know but I can’t let him come after the three of us,” Sebastian explained. “I’ll hang back long enough to keep him under check until the police come and sort out this situation.”“I don’t—“ Ava began but she couldn’t get the words out properly, she didn’t even know what to say or how to put whatever words forming in h
“I can still make do with just you.” Jake shrugged. “I can always get to Ava when I’m done, I’ve got a lot more patience than you give me credit for, Sebastian and you should learn never to underrate me.”“Don’t you for one second think I don’t know what you’re capable of and believe me when I say, you’re not going to get one over me again.”“You seem to have a lot of confidence for someone who got fooled by pictures,” Jake laughed. “What makes you think you stand a chance against someone like me.”“You won the first battle and not the war,” Sebastian replied. “You’re going to slip up eventually and it’ll happen today and when it does, I’ll be here to watch you come to an end. I promise you.” “You’re starting to talk a lot for someone that’s facing the end of a gun, don’t you think?”“I don’t think you’re going to kill me.” Sebastian taunted. “You seem so certain. Do you perhaps take me for a fool, Sebastian?”“Quite the opposite, you’re anything but a fool. A fool wouldn’t be able