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Having made the decision, Ava turned back and started walking back to the house she had escaped from. She had two thoughts in mind, save what could be saved and give him another chance. If he treated her a little better, she was willing to let it go and start afresh with him. Just then, he phone rang. She was exhausted from all the walking earlier and then the emotional turmoil she just went through but she still accepted the call.
” Hello?” She knew exactly who was calling. Was he calling to perhaps gloat at her? She hoped not. She was in no mood for that shit now.
“You sound tired.” Ronald said, his voice full of concern.
” Tired or not, that’s none of your business.” Ava replied immediately, her voice full of irritation and impatience.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.
” That’s where you are getting it all wrong Ava, everything about you is my business, you are mine Ava, always remember that.” Ronald declared possessively. He didn’t want to argue with her, he just wanted to have a decent talk with her but why was she making things hard for both of them?
” Am not an item to be possessed by Ronald.” Ava said tiredly. This whole conversation was draining her energy.
” I never said you were an item, I only want you to know that only I can be your man. I am the only person who has rights over you.” Ronald declared.
“‘Are you confessing to me now? Don’t you think you are too late?” Ava asked, a glint of mischief flashing in her hazel eyes.
” What do you mean I am late? I Am warning you Ava, if I ever find you with a man, I swear to you that I’ll First cut him to pieces and feed him to the dogs then as for you, oh Ava dear, you wouldn’t like what I’ll do to you.” Ronald said sinisterly, his words scaring the hell out of Ava and burning to ashes her earlier plan of teasing him.
” Whatever!” He was such a party pooper. Couldn’t he stomach at least a few jokes.
” You are going back to the house now, I am sending you my driver to pick you up, don’t walk.” He instructed, his words leaving no room for negotiation.
” Wait, what about my clothes zi need to pick a few things from my house.” She negotiated.
” No need, I’ll accompany you later to your house, now be a good girl and go home to wait for your husband.” Ronald said, a smile gracing his beautiful face. His ever stone faced face looked better when smiling, that’s what his assistant thought when he entered the office to be met by his boss’s smiling face.
He disconnected the call and his face turned to normal cold and scary.
Ava waited and in a few minutes, a car was parked right before where she stood scrolling through her phone. She had earlier planned to call her friends and inform them of her current situation but gave up on the Idea almost immediately. She couldn’t always trouble her friends with her own issues, besides they were busy with their own things.
Miranda was still dealing with the aftermaths of her scandal from three weeks ago which surprisingly hadn’t stopped hitting the headlines. Thinking about it, Ava figured out that maybe there was more into the story. Someone must be fanning the flames as she watched with glee.
Lucia on the other hand was busy with her summer fashion show. This was the time of the year when Lucia was as scarce as a frying pan on Christmas day. Stacy on the other hand had gone overseas for a medical conference which would be lasting a week so practically, she was the free one.
The driver stepped out and opened the door to the back passenger seat to Ava who had accepted the kind gesture with a simple thank you earning herself some marks from Ronald’s driver.
Without saying a word, the driver drove towards Ronald’s mansion. All this time, Ava was thinking how within a span of hours, her life took a turn. This morning, She woke up with the intention of going to work but now here she was , going to a man’s house to live with him.
Residing to her fate, she decided that whatever the future holds for them, for her, she’ll take it and embrace it.
Ronald, who was still seated in his office, couldn’t concentrate on his work anymore. The office all of sudden started being suffocating. Tugging his tie off, he called Justin his best friend.
” How’s our Mafia Lord doing, it’s so rare for you to call me at this time.” Justin said immediately after he received the call.
” You talk too much.” Ronald scolded not in the mood for Justin teasing.
” Something the matter? You sound lost.” Justin inquired seriously. It was very rare of him to hear Ronald sound so… worried?… lost? He couldn’t quite place his finger on that emotion displayed by Ronald.
“I found her.” Ronald started.
“‘And?” Justin asked.
” I found a way to take her to my house.”
” And that way? I just hope you didn’t force her?” Justin.
“Of Course not, oh well I didn’t drag her there but I pulled some strings to achieve that.” Ronald defended himself.
” I don’t believe you. What did you do Ronald? She’s not one of your everyday targets in business that you have to indirectly Force her to do your bidding. She’s the woman you Love for crying out loud. She’s your special one, your better half. You should have used gentle methods and took it slowly.” Justin berated his Best friend, sometimes he wondered if he reasoned with his dick. How could he treat the woman he loved like just any other of his businesses.
” Cut the crap with being gentle, I don’t know what gentleness means besides what has taken things slowly to help you? Ha! Staying with a woman you like in a house for weeks and you dare not make a move? Isn’t that being a coward?” Ronald said tauntingly.