Ava gathered her things and followed Ethan off the plane. Immediately her feet landed on the ground, he pulled her to his body and enveloped her in a hug. 'Welcome to Russia,' he said. 'I'm so glad you're here.' Ava hugged him back and said, 'I'm glad to be here too.' she said as she looked around and took in the scenery of the country. It was beautiful.They collected their luggage and headed out of the airport. As they stepped outside, Ava was hit with a blast of cold air. She hadn't been expecting the weather to be so chilly. 'It's a bit cold, isn't it?' Ethan said. 'It's always like this in winter,' he said. 'It's not too bad once you get used to it.' He helped Ava into their ride and they headed towards the city center. The buildings were covered in a layer of snow, and the streets were lined with Christmas lights. Ava felt a sense of excitement as they pulled up to the house they would be staying.Ethan carried their bags inside, and they were attended to by some lady. The h
Ethan woke up disoriented, he vaguely remembered the activities of yesterday. He and Ava had gone clubbing and they had a lot of fun but that was all he remembered. He couldn't remember how he got into bed. He opened his eyes and looked around and didn't see Ava and he got up to go use the restroom before he went in search of her. His head was spinning as he walked, there was not doubt that he was hungover.As he washed his face and brushed his teeth, he wondered where Ava had gone to so early in the morning. He was pretty sure she had gone to explore the city like she loved to do. He just hoped that she wouldn't go at such odd hours because unlike Morocco, Russia was not that safe to be roaming around the streets at such odd hours.She seemed to pretty much like Russia though and he wondered why because it wasn't the most beautiful vacation destination in his opinion and that was coming from someone who loves to travel and has been to almost all parts of the world. As he came ou
As Ethan drove home, he could not wait to tell Ava all the things Jeff had told him about Kimberly. It was a crazy story and it was still too much for him but at the same time he believed it could definitely happen, especially when Kimberly was involved. As he got home, he saw Ava waiting for him in the living room, and as he walked in, she looked up at him slowly."How was your day?" she asked him calmly as she set the book she was reading or rather trying to read,down. Ethan sat down next to her. "It was interesting,to say the very least" he said. "Jeff was the one who I went to see, he had some information to share about Kimberly's case" Ava who was waiting for an opportunity to launch her own issue,did not fail to show interest in his own story because she was honestly invested in the case already. "What did you find out?" she asked dryly but still managing to sound concerned. Ethan took a deep breath. "It's a long story," "Well I'm listening aren't I?" Ava said and Ethan se
Ethan felt like his whole world was falling apart and it hurt so badly especially when everything had started to make sense gradually but now a mistake that happened a long time ago threatened to ruin everything. He knew that he had to let Ava go but he was scared that if she left she was never going to come back but what could he do to make her stay? He had literally used his own hands to destroy something that was beautiful.Ethan felt torn. He knew that Ava was hurt by what had happened between them, and he didn't want to cause her any more pain. But he also knew that he couldn't just forget about her and move on, just like that. The woman was the love of his life and life was playing an unfair game with him. He had feelings for her and those feelings were not just any type of feelings because he had never felt this way for anyone before and he knew that he had to deal with those feelings before he could move forward but how exactly was he to deal with something so intense and
He kept walking, lost in thought, until he found himself in front of a church where he and Ava had taken some tourist pictures the last time they were out walking the streets of Russia. It was closed and dark, but he sat on the steps and stared at the door as if it had an answer to his problems.Ethan thought about the night they had been there and how Ava had taken his breath away. She had been so beautiful in her lace dress, and he had felt like he was falling in love all over again from the moment he saw her step out of the room. He had never felt that way about anyone before, and he had never imagined that he could feel that way again. But now, he was feeling something different. He was feeling hope. He sat on the steps of the church and he prayed. He prayed for Ava and his children, and he prayed for himself. He prayed for forgiveness from Ava and for the strength to do what was right.After sitting there for a while, he stood up and began to walk home. As he walked, he felt a
Ava's journey back to Florida was filled with a lot of tears and anxiety. She could still not believe what had happened back in Russia.She hated herself for not trusting her gut but in her defense, her aunt's advice was what made her let her guard down and now she felt like a fool.So Ethan was actually the father of her children just as she had suspected. He was the man that took her virginity and left her stranded in the hotel room alone. The man that she had fallen in love with. It was all so hard to process and she just wanted to go home to her kids and her aunt Caroline and cry a lot better.When Ava finally arrived at the airport in Florida, she was exhausted from the long flight and emotionally drained from everything that had happened. She thanked Ethan's pilot for the impromptu flight. She had been a nuisance she knew.As she made her way through the terminal, she tried to keep her head down and avoid eye contact with anyone. She just wanted to get home and be with her kids
The days were moving by slowly and one morning, Ava woke up feeling more at peace than she had been feeling the previous day. She knew that she still had a lot of things to figure out, but for the first time, she felt like she could face them. After getting ready for the day, she went into the kitchen to find her Aunt making breakfast."Good morning Aunt" she greeted as she planted a kiss on Caroline's cheek "Morning, sweetie," Caroline said. "How are you feeling this morning?" Ava smiled. "Better," she said. "Thank you for asking." "You're welcome. If I don't ask who will?," Caroline joked "Now, let's eat some breakfast and then we can talk about what's next for you." Ava nodded, taking a seat at the table. They were a lot if things that she needed to do and one of them was to find a job because there was no way she was going back to work for Ethan.After they finished breakfast, Ava told her aunt that she needed to go by at Ethan's house to pack up all her things that were still t
Ethan was losing his mind. He had left Russia and gone back to Morocco to inspect the project going on there and also to take his mind of his situation for a while but he felt like a totally different person without Ava around and what frustrated him the most was how life didn't even care about what he was going through, he still had to show up everyday as if everything was fine when infact he was losing his mind.Every morning, he would wake up and go through his activities for the day, but it felt like he was just going through the motions. He felt numb, like he was just going through the motions of his life without any real feeling. Without any real purpose.He tried to keep himself busy, but it felt like nothing could fill the void that Ava had left in his heart and in his life in general. And as the days continued to go by slowly, he started to feel like he was losing his mind. He felt like he was just going through life hopelessly and waiting for something to change but nothing