Elegant, beautiful, modest... That was everything she saw in the mirror. She was stunned by her own reflection. Never for once did she think she would look this pretty. Her delicate dainty figure on a dress that showed off her curves. Her brown eyes, well curved lips, her black hair... Everything was pretty about her. Avery applied finishing touches and Ava swirled in front of the full length mirror. "You look pretty, pumpkin", that was her mom's first remark when she stepped into her room. She smiled revealing her perfect dentition and mouthed a "Thank you momma".Everything was all set now but she couldn't stop swirling. It was too good to be true, she looked completely different. All this beauty was hidden behind the unattractive clothes she could afford. "And here I thought you wouldn't be comfortable on heels."Before she could say anything else, a call came in. She stared at the unknown caller for some time before answering the phone. "Miss Ava, we are outside your house. A
She stared into his hazel eyes; they were spell-binding. She was lost in them and she fought hard to gulp. She stared at him one last time before placing her hand in his. He gave a little smile, few seconds ago he had been scared of her rejecting to touch him. Ava smiled deep down although she acted tough on the outside. Dean turned around to wink at him.. He was doing a perfect job. "So the girl who was flirting with me right in front of you, is your sister?", He threw the question at her while staring at her fingers. Ava swallowed hard and wished this cup would be taken away from her. She had hoped he wouldn't bring it up but then he did. After a few seconds of battling with her tongue, she finally found her voice and spoke in a very low tone. "Yes, she's my twin sister actually. Her name is Avery." His grip on her tightened a little, he stared at her straight in the eye and with the most sexy, enchanting tone, he uttered "What's your name?" 'Huh? What
"Ava.... Ava? We are here.." She heard a deep, husky, sexy, masculine voice say. She was still sleepy and could barely recognize where they were. "Avery, leave me alone. I need to sleep, it's my day off remember?", She spoke half awake. Nathan couldn't resist the urge to smile at her. She looked so innocent while asleep and also she had such a nice voice. "Ava? Would you prefer to sleep here in the car or we should get down this moment?", He spoke again stroking her hair while she blinked several times trying to figure out what was going on. The moment she realized, she jerked up and immediately adjusted herself. She was shocked she actually fell asleep and in his arms!!! Ava! How could you sleep off? She reprimanded herself in her head. What would he be thinking about her? Nathan was hurt by the way she reacted. He wanted to reach out and touch her hair one more time but he felt she wasn't comfortable with him. He shrugged the feeling off and was about to ge
Caryn's House, 8pm. They had just finished their dinner but none of them was ready to retire to bed. It had been a long day looking for companies who they could trick into signing a business deal with to rejuvenate their company that was sinking. They had gone bankrupt few weeks ago and they needed to strike a deal with any successful company in a period of forty-eight hours. The company was in crumbling and they lost close to thirty workers in a day. They needed to act fast otherwise the well known Big J. Enterprises would be all over the news. "I still can't believe how all these happened in a period of weeks dad. I still don't get it, how did we lose such amount of money in a day without a single trace?", Caryn had her hands crossed on her chest and was looking tired already. Fatigue was telling on each and everyone of them but they had just a two days deadline to revive their deaf company. Reason is, their father owe some money to his business partner and before h
"Why are you here Caryn?", He finally spoke up and seems her little spell on him has been broken but still she was determined to get whatever she wants. "Can't I come see my man in his office?", She had removed her heels already and her leg on his thighs revealing the panties she was putting on was enough to seduce any man but then, Nathan is just not any man. "Your man? The last time I checked, we had a thing years back Caryn..", he spoke with brows raised and eyes fixed on her face instead of the skin she was putting on display. He knew she had motives, his past just can't show up on his doorstep unless it wants something. He had heard earlier that her family's company was dying and they were scouting for potential business partners but got rejected because no one wanted to associate with a liability. He wouldn't be surprised if she came here with a business proposal. "Nathan..", she called out and he gazed at her only to find her stripping. "What the hell
Ava's house, 10pm. Carolina stood there waiting. Waiting for her child to come back home, she paced around hoping to hear a car horn and see Ava alight. She was not to be blamed, her innocent twenty-three year old daughter stayed out late for the first time with the opposite sex, it was enough to cause a panic attack. "Lina, still waiting for her?", It was her father. "Yes Dad. I'm scared, she hasn't call, not a single texts, she's not answering my calls also. Do we report to the police?" Josh smiled. That was expected of every parent. Their child's safety was one of their priorities and would go beserk if they feel their child is in danger. "Relax Lina. Ava is grownup now and you have to accept the fact that she won't be living with you forever. I believe she's mature enough to take care of herself", he drew her into his embrace and they stood there watching the night sky. Looks like it would rain any moment from now. "That's my point father, I wish she was still my little girl
"You don't want to go in?", Dean asked as he stretched his hand out to her. Ava smiled shyly, Dean definitely knew how to treat a lady right. But unfortunately she fell in love with the opposite of Dean. "Uhm, it's quite late and I think I should be on my way..", she replied placing her hand in his as he alighted. "But you haven't even had a look yet. Besides, you must be hungry by now." "No I'm not hungr..", Her stomach betrayed her immediately. It growled and Dean had a good laugh. Who was this girl? And why did she have an impact on them so much? "Well I guess your stomach said otherwise. C'mon let's go inside and get you something to eat. Afterwards, if you want to go home, I can drop you off." His gentle words were a reassurance that she would be safe. Actually the main reason she never wanted to sleep over was her doubts for her safety. She had read in some romance books, what adults do together when alone and she wasn't ready to do that just yet.
"You should apologize to my lady...." Ava gave her the "Now, who's the boss" kind of look and Ashely rolled her eyes at her. "I'm sorry", she blurted out while staring at Ava.Dean and Nathan smiled. This girl never really learnt a lesson or did she? She was ill-mannered and a little torture wouldn't hurt. "Ashley.... You are a hard nut to crack but... I always seem to know how to break you." Ashley was a bit shaken. Would they take her back to the torture room? She was still recuperating from the last experience and now this? Should she apologize to the low class girl or just act obstinately and go through hell again? "Ashley? Are you apologizing to Miss Ava or not?", Dean asked and stared at Nathan who had just left the living room. Ava stood still fixing her gaze on the bad-mannered maid who seemed to have lost her tongue. A few moments later, Nathan came in with his men. They were not strange to Ashley or Dean but probably were to Ava who was starting