The Reason Why

“Ava?” he is the first one to call my name. So I untangle my arms on Dmitri and walk to him. I kiss him on his cheek as a form of greeting and say, “Hey, Seid. Didn’t expect you to see here!”

I try to be civil and I smile even though I am so damn nervous about this unexpected rendezvous. Why now? And why with Dmitri?

“What are you doing here? And why are you with him?” he peeks on Dmitri who keeps his distance from us for some time.

“Uh, I have things to do, how about you? What are you doing here?” I ask him back. I wonder because there’s no probable reason why he should be here so I thought he must be meeting a friend or a client.

But his face tells me so, it is indeed related to him. He didn’t answer my question and his eyes are just fixated on Dmitri.

“Avery, tell me what’s going on, does Jeff knows about this? Are you pregnant with that man’s child?” he straightforwardly asks me without any buckle.

“Am I what?” I suddenly feel offended by what he said, although, there’s a good