's

I couldn't even mask my resentment

sternly, but not to the point where

as the calmest I

with hints of pain in his voice. "I've been calling yo

at him, inwardly surprised at how long it took fo

ever, there was no way I was going to show any si

m so

u've done, you think, calling me multiple times and finally standing here to say sorry, will fix e

d even though I wanted to be mad, I just couldn't help bu

He pleaded quietly, slowly gestur

against mine with so much force as though he were trying to push his way back into my life. I pushed him

anded a slap across his

t Ava," he said weakly,

ter left this

ur possible position and role in her company in the future. She said you'll perman

not in so much shock as

ave known...

ke that, Ava,

t, you're not married to her, yet, but then again, it felt fulfilling for you to work into my home pretending to reg

Av

call m

are re

nymore or give him another chance since he always took advantage of the ones I gave to him in th

r no matter what. She mi

ing me to believe her just because she sent you. You should be

your hatred doesn't blind you forev

essness, and ruthlessness. I had been tricked into believing that

How was Ivana able to know about the invitation in the first place? She had taken everything I

rs, an annual bonus of fifty to one hundred percent of my base salary, catchy allowances, which would all increase after the f

e hope you choose to work with us, Miss Ava. A lot of benefits a

down the offer as well as their hospitality and overall working ethic, I replied to t

bed, Cordelia knocked again,

na se

k when I saw it at the front door. Whoever sent i

you think that Ivana would send this one now when I was supposed to get

shrugged, perhaps, po

y. "She had assured me that it was important, which was why she asked me to

and he had been bedridden for months, so how was he able to lock his door a

t be tha