"Erica?" she hugged him. Isaac didn't expect that Erica will return tonight without even telling him about it. "Yes, it's me, babe!" she exclaimed, and released the embrace from Isaac. He looked around, and he doesn't understand why he wants to see Ava's reaction. "Aren't you happy?" Erica pouted, making him turned to face her again. He smiled, and hold her hand. "Welcome back, babe!" he hugged her again, as he simply glance at Ava with Gregory by her side. Isaac saw her staring at him, her expression still looks like sorrow. There, he take the chance to act very sweet towards Erica to make her feel more the heartaches. "Mr. Foster, you didn't tell that Ms. Henslay will be here too!" "It's nice to meet you, Ms. Henslay!" "We are glad that we finally saw the soon to be wife of Mr. Foster." Ava watched how the crowd welcomed her fiancee. She felt like someone hit her chest when they called her Isaac's soon to be wife. But there's nothing more painful than to see how Isaac a
Isaac park his car on the penthouse' parking deck. He's just got back after he drive Erica home, since she go directly at the party a while ago, so she needs to inform her family that she's back. He immediately noticed Gregory standing at the entrance, seems like he's intentionally waiting for him. "Isaac, can we talk?" Gregory ask him as he approached him. Isaac continue walking inside, Gregory's following him. "Gregory, I'm already tired. Just drop it for now if it's not important, okay?" Isaac said sternly. He wants to be alone right now. "Bro, it's something really serious. I believe that you should hear me out, because it's just simply about your ex-girlfriend," Gregory said. Isaac stopped walking and turned towards him. "What? You are going to tell to stop doing my revenge? I thought you are my friend, Gregory? You just fall in love with that woman and here you are now, trying to tell me what's right and wrong?" Isaac asked coldly, his anger rising. "I'll get to the po
"What do you want to order, babe?" Erica asked Isaac but she didn't get any response. She stared at him. "Isaac, babe? Are you alright? You'd been spacing out since we came out of the company. Is there's something or... someone bothering you?" Isaac blinked. He hadn't realized he had spaced out until then. "Huh? Oh, no, nothing is wrong. Let's order?" Isaac tried to act as normal as possible and it seemed to work. Erica was still staring at him curiously but decided it was time to leave it for now. They ordered and ate their meal, making small talk about their day and enjoying each other's company. "I can't wait for our engagement party, babe. Soon enough we are going to be a husband and wife. I don't think I'll ever tire of how amazing this whole relationship is going to feel..." Erica said dreamily before taking another bite of her food. Erica smiled fondly at him. "Yeah, I think that will happen very soon." Erica tilted her head. "Why you seems unhappy, babe? You look
"Excuse me, Ms. Peterson?" Ava looked up from the paperworks she's doing. Since she arrived at the office earlier in the day, she didn't able to go out, just to make sure that she can meet the deadline the Isaac had given to her. "Yes, Lisa?" Ava asked with a soft smile on her face, despite her feeling her brain throbbing. "Sir. Isaac's asking you to go on his office now." Ava 's heart dropped at once, and she felt as if she could be sick. She's actually doesn't want to see him unless it's really urgent. She's just getting tired of feeling hurt. She's afraid that the next time she'll saw him with his fiancee in an intimate moment would totally break her heart. "Ahm, d-do you know the reasons why, Lisa? I am so busy right now. Maybe, he can w-wait?" Lisa shook her head no. "Sorry, Ms. Peterson, but Sir. Isaac said that she really need you right now, maybe that's an urgent matter." Ava sighed inwardly, as she slowly nodded. "Alright. Thank you, Lisa." She gave the other woman
“You don't need to tell me repeatedly what I am to you, Isaac." She quickly wiped her tears. "Slave, slut, bitch, whore... I know how much you hate me, that's why you are dying to get your revenge hit my bones right?" she chuckled bitterly. Isaac didn't expect what she just said. He didn't tell her about it, and he will never and now that she already knows it, he knows very well that it might be Gregory who told Ava about it. Ava wait for a moment when Isaac will deny it of course. But then Isaac slightly move away from her, maybe just for her to see his smirked more clearly. "I'm glad that you already know!" Her eyes looked sadly at him. "Yes, bitch! I'm getting my revenge from the start, and I think you also knew how I plan it smoothly." "W-Why?" Ava almost bit her lower lip again even she already tasted blood on it. She didn't want to ask that question, but still, she wanted to hear his response. "Why? You are really stupid, Peterson. You know the fucking reason, why! It's
"Here, you should eat well Ava, so you can get back your energy," Gregory said, as he carefully put the small table beside the hospital bed where Ava's was resting. "Do you want me to feed you now?" Ava could hear Gregory, but she still seemed hesitant to speak. She wasn't sure what to do or if the decision she was considering was the right one."Ava, are you—" Gregory was startled by the ringing of his phone. He sighed deeply when he saw that it was Isaac calling. "Hello, Isaac?" Gregory spoke softly into the phone, but loud enough for Ava to hear. "It's good to hear from you, a reason for her to slightly look up at Gregory. Isaac then at the company can't help but to walked back and forth in his office. He feels irritated because she can't find Ava and to think that she's with Gregory instead of finishing her works, making him feel even more irritable. "Are you with that bitch?" he asked Gregory after a while. Gregory's brow furrowed. Isaac was important to him, a close friend,
"I-Isaac! B-Babe, I... I didn't see you there.""Clearly," he replied, his jaw clenched. "I heard everything. All your plans... to steal my wealth and disappear." Erica's facade crumbled. She swallowed hard, she doesn't care if she's seeing how anger and hurt he is. All she wants now is to think any words to fool him. "Isaac... please, let me explain." He held up a hand to stop her. "Do you have any idea how heartbreaking this is for me? I trusted you, Erica. I thought you were different. I thought you were the one who wouldn't betray me. Tears fakely welled up in her eyes as she reached out to him. "B-Babe, can explain!" Erica stammered, her voice trembling."Explain?" Isaac's voice was a low growl, barely containing his anger. "Explain how you were planning to use me for my wealth? How you were going to betray me like...like that fucking Peterson!?"Erica's eyes darted around the bar, seeking a way out of this confrontation. "It’s not what you think. You misunderstood. I wasn’
Isaac’s knuckles turned white as he gripped the steering wheel, his mind racing faster than the car speeding down the highway. The headlights of the other vehicles blurred into streaks of light, his focus narrowing on the road ahead—and on the hospital where Ava was.Why didn’t Ralph tell me sooner? Isaac thought bitterly. I could have done something...His chest tightened at the thought of her lying in a hospital bed because of him. As another word of guilt is echoed in his mind: She’s in there because you never let up. You never gave her a moment of peace.Isaac’s jaw clenched as memories flooded back—the cold glares, the endless tasks, the way he piled work on Ava just to see her struggle. He’d told himself she deserved it after everything she put him through. But now, it seemed that spite had pushed her to a breaking point.“Damn it,” he muttered, the anger bubbling inside him. Not just anger at Ava—but at himself. He’d spent years hating her for abandoning him, and all that rage