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Chapter 25 “My beautiful baby, Mom is so sorry for leaving you this early. But Mom has to go. Before I go, I need to give you something. When you come of age, you can find Mom’s brother, your uncle, he is a very nice person and he will definitely help you.” The five years old Ava looked at her dying mother, not understanding what was happening. Seeing her mother’s face filled with tears, she could not help but also cry out. She asked in her innocent voice, “Mommy, you said that you have to go, but you will come back, right?” Salome looked at her daughter’s innocent eyes, feeling an excruciating pain in her heart. Her body had reached its limit, and she knew that she only had a few hours before taking her last breath. She wished that she could continue leaving so that she would watch her daughter grow up, but it seemed like she had no choice. Ava looked at her mom, hugging her favorite doll tightly on her chest. She said in a hoarse voice, “Mommy, say something. You will come back
Chapter 26 Everyone was startled by the coldness in Ava’s voice and their backs stiffened. But it was only for a split second before they came back to their senses. Martha looked at her and sneered, “Nothing. We just turned it into a trash room.” Ava’s face darkened as the coldness in her voice intensified, “And why would you do that?” “The West family only has one daughter, and that is June. Why would we spare a room for a wild dog that did not belong to our family? My daughter did not like your room, and since we could not uproot it from the house, we had to find some use for it.” Martha said domineeringly. Ava turned to the man who had been cold to her ever since her mother died and asked in an emotionless voice, “Dad, did you approve of that?” Henry was shocked when Ava called him dad. When was the last time he heard his unfilial daughter address him as a dad? Although he was surprised, he looked at Ava with disdain and said in a flat voice, “Who is your father? Please, don’
Chapter 27 Ava turned around and looked at the man coldly. In a chilling voice, she said, “What is the matter, Henry?” Henry glared angrily at Ava, “Is that how you address your father?” Hearing the man’s shameless words, Ava laughed out loud. She spoke in a mocking voice, “Even a chameleon does not change its color so fast.” Then her voice turned cold, “Just a moment ago, who claimed that the West family only had one daughter? I honestly don’t remember having a dad for the past twenty years.” “You!” Henry pointed at her angrily. “What is the meaning of your actions? You come to my home uninvited, you break down the wall of my study room, you take my documents out of the safe and you want to walk away just like that? Who do you think you are?” “Haha, Henry, are you so old that you are already having dementia? This was something that my mother specifically left for me; how could it be yours?” “It is mine if I say so. This is my house and everything that is in it belongs to me.”
Chapter 28 Leo closed the document and looked at her, “With everything here, you can successfully reclaim back the company and everything that belongs to the West family.” Ava widened her eyes in shock when she heard that, “Really?” “Yes. With the help of the lawyers, it won’t be hard.” Leo claimed. He looked back at the documents in front of him, his eyes shrouded with a mysterious light. Ava looked at his serious face and she could not help but ask, “And what is with the long face? Is something the matter?” Leo looked at her and asked, “Do you know anything about your mother’s family?” Ava thought about it and shook her head. Her mother died when she was very young, and coupled with the fact that a part of her memories had been missing for over two decades, there was not much she could recall. The only thing that was vivid in her mind was her mother’s gentleness, and the fact that she loved her so much. “I really don’t know much. After mom died, dad’s mind was on his other fa
Chapter 29 Ava stayed in Leo’s office, keeping him company as the man worked on his documents. She had watched her mother’s video over a hundred times and it was only after she felt her eyes hurt did, she stopped. Leo lifted his head from his documents and looked at his little sweetheart. Looking at her intense gaze that was almost dripping with honey as she looked at him, his heart trembled and he felt an unfamiliar heat rise in his body. He quickly signed the document in his hands before he closed it and walked over to the sofa. Ava was in a trance as she watched her male god approach her. She was bending her neck backward to the extent that it almost broke without even her realizing it. Leo approached her and quickly supported her neck which was almost falling off her head. His other hand held her slim waist as he looked at her beautiful face with an intense gaze. Then without warning, he leaned over and captured her lips in his, kissing her passionately. Ava came back from h
Chapter 30 Ava lowered her head further, her black hair falling on her shoulder while it covered half of her face. Leo seemed not to have heard Amanda’s questions. He did not shift his gaze from Ava as he said, “If it is nothing official, kindly refrain from coming to my office, Miss Barrett. This is not somewhere that you can just come in as you wish.” Amanda’s face paled further. Seeing that his boss was really getting angry, and if this continued, no one would be able to bear the consequences, Dan looked at Amanda and spoke up, “Miss Barrett, I will show you out.” Amanda looked at Leo’s cold back, and then at Ava. Although half of her face was hidden, she could still make out her features. She was beautiful but not to the extent of comparing herself to her, the uncrowned queen of the city. In her eyes, she did not even regard Ava as competition, but as someone who was clinging to Leo just because of his money and status. Being ignored by the man she had loved since she was you
Chapter 31 Ava was not less shocked than any of them. Her face blushed as she lowered her head shyly. She clutched tightly on Leo’s arm, her heart thumping like a drum in her chest. The first to come back to his senses was Reagan. He roughly wiped out the cold sweat cascading down his forehead as he looked at Leo with a pale face. Had he just tried to hit on his brother’s wife a moment ago? Although he was a notorious playboy, there were people he did not dare mess with. Ethan looked at Leo as if he was looking at a ghost. His eyes were so wide that they were about to fall from their sockets. He remembered his sister’s words that Leo had a woman in his office during the day, and he was treating her especially well. Could it really be… After a long while, he asked in a trembling voice, “Bro, are you pulling a prank on us? This is not funny!” Leo looked at Ethan but he did not say anything. He quietly pulled Ava closer to him and under their shocked gazes, he lowered his head and k
Chapter 32 When Ava opened her eyes the next morning, she did not have a terrible headache as she had expected. Instead, the naughty things that she had done yesterday kept replaying in her mind. After they came back, with the newfound courage due to alcohol, she kept on provoking Leo, and in the end, she got what she wanted. Although Leo had not gone all the way to the last step, he had thoroughly made use of her hands that they were so sore. Ava pursed her lips. Just as she was about to get off the bed, Leo entered the room wearing a formal suit. His hair was neatly combed, revealing his alluring forehead. The cufflinks on his shirt glimmered, reflecting the mysterious light in his eyes. Ava swallowed hard when she saw Leo. What was wrong with him, seducing her so early in the morning? Her heart palpitated as she stared at the man without blinking. It was as if she wanted to imprint something on his body using her gaze. Sensing her gaze, Leo turned over. His face broke into a