AVERY "Nice to meet you, Miss Laura Castillo. Can we come in and have a chat with you?" I asked with a smile. A spark to my right made my heart skip a beat and before I knew what was happening, my vision had been blocked by Maverick's sturdy back and his hand tightly wrapped around my wrist holding me behind him. His eyes was fixated on whatever caused the spark and I saw the woman roll her eyes with a groan. Maverick grabbed the jug of flower to his left and doused the couch with it. He dropped the jug with a loud bang and turned to the woman. "So careless and stupid, you are." I stepped out of his back in time to catch the last speck of fire die down. A fire? On her couch? She indeed, was stupid. "Sure." She replied to my question earlier and deliberately ignored Maverick's remark, jerking herself again in an attempt to get away from Carter. "Maverick?" I called. "Hn?" "Can you tell Carter to let her go?" I asked turning to Maverick. "Tell him yourself." He replied steppin
AVERY"Ah! This has to be the best food I've eaten in my entire life!" I exclaimed patting my stomach.I turned to the maids who had their heads bowed with their hands folded on their stomachs while waiting on us in case we needed something."Who prepared this food?" I asked and Miss Flora stepped forward."It's Jasmine, Young Miss." She replied courteously."Oh well... Thank you, Jasmine, for the lovely food. I liked it." I praised and scanned the face of the maids to see if I could spot Jasmine. A girl stood in the middle of the lined-up people with her face blushing crimson red. She slowly stepped forward and bowed deeply."I'm pleased you liked the food. Thank you for your compliment, Young Miss." "Give her a raise in her salary for this month," Maverick commanded dropping his cutlery. "Really?!" Jasmine yelled suddenly before she clasped her hand over her mouth and calmed herself before saying,"Thank you very much, Master. Thank you, Young Mistress." A small giggle escaped m
AVERYHe swiped the screen to the right and then placed it on his ear. I stared at him while he received the call. He as well held eye contact with me and I raised a brow at him."Hn." was all he said and then he ended the call. "She agreed.""Oh," I replied nodding my head. Silently, I laid my head back down."You don't seem happy with the plan." He pointed out and I closed my eyes."I just... I guess I don't want him to be a cheater for real. I don't want it to be that he has been cheating all this while." I replied opening my eyes."He doesn't seem the type?" I shook my head and bit my lips."Can we... Can we not talk about him?" I asked blocking out the memory."What's wrong?" He asked and I was quick to shake my head."Avery, what's wrong?""Nothing. I'm fine."He said nothing in response and I pursed my lips.The fire danced in the fireplace like it was having a party of being alive. I smiled at the thought before I noticed Maverick was awfully silent.I didn't dare to look up
AVERYWe stepped out of the car into the restaurant that Carter had driven us to. I looked up at the name to know the place just for future reference."Let's go in," Maverick said placing his hand on the small of my back. I jumped at his touch and he slowly retracted his hand."Is there a problem?" He asked and I shook my head."I'm just not used to you touching my back. I'm used to your gripping my wrist, pulling me with you... That kind of stuff." I replied and he nodded his head."I'll be touching you more like this in the future, especially at the Charity Event so we might as well start practicing now." He commented and I paused before I nodded my head awkwardly."I'm holding you now." He announced and before I could nod in response, his hand had snaked to the small of my back."At least give me a warning," I muttered as the valet pushed the glass door open with a bow."I did give you a warning." He replied in a whisper and I rolled my eyes at him. Rows of servants bowed their hea
AVERY"You just like that inorganic thing so much.""Inorganic?" I asked turning away from the second cotton candy to his face that was staring at me."Yes. It's full of unhealthy things. I don't know why you like it so much."Instead of replying, I tore a part off the cotton candy and waited for him to talk."What are you trying to do–"Shove!"Chew it," I commanded tearing off another part and pushing it into his mouth while I stared at his face to see the look on his face.He slowly chewed the cotton candy in his mouth and I saw his face contort into one of surprise."And that is why I like it."Before I could say something else, he snatched the one that I was holding and then placed it between his index and thumb."Like this?""Yes. But why are taking mine?""Ah, right. Take it." He said pushing it into my hand. Then he kept watching me."Why are you staring at me?" I asked tearing off another part of the cotton candy. Before I could take it to my mouth, he grabbed my hand and ate
AVERY"She's your sister?!" I whisper-yelled at Maverick. I was sitting on his lap while he was sitting on his chair."What did you think she was? She likes to bug me so much that she even has the guts to throw herself at me." He replied with a hard stare."How does she know about me?" I asked and he raised a brow."She knows you?""If she doesn't, tell me what does, "Hi, you're Avery, right? Nice to meet you. I'm sure you've heard so much about me" mean?!""I only told Mum that I had gotten married, I never told Becca." He replied and my eyes grew bigger."You told your Mum about me?" "And?"Without saying anything, I dropped my head to the table and grabbed my head between my palms. "I'm so dead.""What's the matter?""Everything! She'll run a background check on me, find out what family I'm from and let's not forget that I'm the eldest daughter of your Company's biggest rival. In a few days, she'll come over here, send me packing and that is bye bye to my life. I can as well go j
AVERY"You called for me?" I said as soon as I stepped into the room."Go and have a shower. We need to talk afterwards." He commanded and I nodded walking to the bathroom. While in the tub, I wondered why he seemed so serious. I got out the shower quicker than I normally did due to my curiosity. I brushed in a hurry and draped myself in a towel and then a bathrobe. It was now a part of me to use both.Opening the door, I noticed Maverick was now on the bed just sitting at the edge of the bed with his head hung and his finger tightly holding unto each other.I ran to the walk-in Closet and got dressed in my pajamas. On my way out, my eyes caught the tie that has always been in here ever since the day I got to the house. It just sat there, locked and unused. I debated whether to ask him about this tie or I should shut up and listen to what he wants to say and let my question extend for another night.I walked out of the closet in slow steady steps and finally made it to Maverick. My e
MAVERICK "The man in the black Mercedes Benz?" I asked and she nodded her head to confirm that she knew what I was talking about."It was my Dad." I dropped and again, I felt that dam break. The feeling that I had kept bottled up all this while suddenly hit me like a big heavy brick. I heaved a shaky sigh and as soon as I did that, tears streamed down my face.Slowly, Avery leaned in and hugged me. I cried into her shoulder for a very long time. I remember when we heard the news that he died and was asked to confirm his body.Mu Mum was devastated even though we weren't sure if he was the one. My sister was no better but me? My face was dry like a desert as I stared at the blinking lights on the tree at the corner of the Hospital.Christmas Day. What a cursed day!True enough, it was Dad's Body. Burnt beyond recognition. I was about to step out when the Doctor called me back and handed a tie over to me."It belongs to your Father. The tie surprisingly didn't burn even though the fire