Alex looked down at the tiny woman in his arms, shocked. Turning to his brother, he asked " Who is she? "While Jack kept mute, Ava withdrew from his arms slowly, looking dejected. She gazed into his beautiful eyes, silently wishing he would recognize her but it seemed that wasn't going to happen, at least not at that moment. Her hands fell to her sides slowly and she gazed at the floor, not able to hold his own piercing gaze. " Who is she? " Alex asked again, taking his eyes off her to stare at his brother fiercely. Suspicion was written all over his face but there was also a hint of curiosity, as though wondering who the young woman was to be able to hug him. Ava seemed to be spellbound because she liked the sound of his voice. Normally, she didn't take notice of guys' voice but somehow, she found Alex's to be deep and sexy. A male's voice should be deep, right? There came the mocking voice in her head again but she chose to ignore it this time, promising to get back at her inne
Jack sighed, thinking how wrong he was to have thought he could make his son forget Alex. " He's fine, man . He is " He managed to reply as brief as possible. Liam nodded but Jack sensed he wasn't satisfied so he waited to be asked some questions again. Which Liam did, shortly. " So... Where is he? Why isn't he here? " Liam asked again and stared at Ava who looked away quickly, not knowing the answer to the question herself. Jack groaned and muttered " Doctor ordered uncle Alex to remain in bed till he's strong enough to go home so for now, we would be going back home without uncle Alex " Liam pouted " But I want to see him " He glanced at Ava as if he wanted her to say something, plead on his behalf maybe. Ava shrugged helplessly and mustered up a small smile " Uncle Alex will come home soon baby, he'd be with us before you know it "Then she went over to him and pulled at his cheeks lightly " Is that okay? "Liam looked at her like his whole world centered on her only " Pinky
" Hey bro, how are you holding up? " Jack asked in a way of greeting as he sauntered into the hospital ward with Ava on his tail. It was obvious to anyone watching that Ava was scared as fuck as she hid behind Jack's tall frame. Alex was sitting up on the bed and he raised his eyebrows when he spotted Ava behind his brother. He knew she was trying to avoid a direct conversation of any kind with him. But for some reason, he was intrigued by her and wanted to talk to her, feel her presence in close proximity. Shut your trap man, he scolded himself silently and faked a cough. He looked away from her to regard his brother with a glare. " Thought you were never going to show up, I'm cool anyway " He answered with a shrug and gave Ava one quick stare. Ava on the other hand was once again spellbound by the sound of his voice. His deep, sexy voice were doing some wonders to her body which she couldn't quite define. Like water ripples down from your throat down to your stomach ? Her in
" You're really something, aren't you? " Alex drawled out lazily as he stared up at her from under his thick lashes. Ava ignored him and continued, loudly this time. " And it's Adams, not Evans " She corrected him firmly. Alex threw her a look which meant he didn't take lightly to being corrected. Ava returned his look with a defiant stare and they remained that way for a while until Alex finally gave up with a sigh. She wouldn't be easy to deal with, something within him kept giving him a warning signal. Ava took a deep breath and continued " So uh... I was your babysitter when you were... Sick " She kinda stressed the last word and looked down at her feet. When she didn't receive any reaction from him, she looked up and found him staring right back at her. " Hmm, you were my babysitter " He nodded and gave her a dangerous smile which chilled Ava down to her spine. His demeanor changed into a stiff one as though he was offended merely at the thought of her being his babysitter.
Jack rolled his eyes " She did and you were at fault man, you were so rude to her! " He shouted, almost irritated. Alex's jaw dropped and his eyes widened as he stared at Ava " Just... Just what story did you feed him, you little... " He held his tongue in check before he swore. " What's wrong with telling him the truth?? "She fired back, her hands were placed on her hips now. Alex glared at her " And what truth did you conjure up? " He spatted out. She ignored him totally and looked away. " See? She has fed you lies, Jack! " He exclaimed, trying to make his brother see reason with him but Jack only rolled his eyes at him. " You better apologize to her because she took care of your sorry ass while you were bedridden and she's going nowhere, Alex. Get used to seeing her around " Jack said with a tone of finality. " What?! " Alex asked incredulously and continued to stare at Jack, trying to see if he really meant it. Jack threw him a sideway glance " I believe you heard me ju
Inside, Ava pushed Alex so hard that he staggered backwards " What the hell do you think you are doing?! " He snarled, feeling hurt at being rejected. " Uh... I'm... I'm sorry sir! " Ava's voice trembled as she replied. Well, what was wrong with him anyway? She thought in confusion. She had seen passion in his eyes just some minutes ago so where had it all disappeared to? Or had she just imagined the whole thing in her head? No dummy, you didn't imagine anything because I saw the whole thing, but it was clearly lust that was written in hie eyes and not passion girl!, Her inner voice mocked silently. Oh wow, so she was not mistaken, she thought as she embraced the usual intrusion of her inner voice. " I was just about to arrange some things and put them in order before I take my leave " She said in a more steady voice. He ignored her and brushed past her to sit on the bed. The manly scent he left behind made Ava feel like there were butterflies in her stomach and she liked it. A s
Alex's next look was enough to make her get to work automatically as he pinned her with a deadly glare to which Ava returned with one of her own in full force before she came back to her senses and realized she had been glaring at her boss. With a shaky smile, she turned and started to dish out his food. She felt his eyes on her but refused to give in to the temptation to check if he was really staring at her. ******************" He's awake??! " Angela shrieked in a high pitched sound as she almost toppled over the chair out of surprise and shock. Her secretary Tyler, took some steps back to avoid being the target of whatever the emotion his boss was feeling. Being so sly and unpredictable, one never know what Angela's next action would be. " I asked you a question, Tyler " She added when the poor secretary seemed to be too scared to speak. " Yes... Yes ma'am " He finally found his voice and answered. " How... When?! " Angela asked frantically, pacing back and forth in t
Ava laughed and decided to make a joke in a bid to lighten up the solemn atmosphere " Hey come on, you look ugly with the awful smile you've got on. Now give me that radiant smile that will nearly make me go blind "" Come here " Maggie whispered and drew Ava into a warm hug. " Now ladies, we really have to get going now or Alex will have my head " Jack said from behind them and looked at his wrist watch. Ava slowly disengaged herself from the hug " I'll see you later Maggie, hopefully " Maggie frowned slightly " Why? "Ava faked a laugh " Well, if he doesn't fire me on the way back, I'll surely help you with dinner tonight "Maggie rolled her eyes " Oh come on, he would do no such thing. Sure, he might threaten you all he wants but fire you? No way "" You're the only person who's not scared to put him in his place " She added with a confident smile. Jack gave Ava an " I told you so " look. " Now hush and get going, you don't want to be late, do you now? " Maggie asked and didn'