A chance to make her fall

Ava's heart dropped when she heard him ask her the most formidable question, as her heart began to pound like a war drum, with its deafening rhythm loud in her ears. She felt an overwhelming sense of vulnerability as if every layer of her protection had been stripped away, leaving her exposed and defenseless to her cold reality.

The truth that she had been trying so much to hide since all these days, had been exposed to the last person that she would have wanted to know. However, she could not back down so easily and let him get to her.

"Your kids? Are you in your right senses at all?" Ava asked him with a scoff, her eyes burning through his with an intensity enough to melt it down. She was so pissed that he had the guts to ask her about the kids he never knew existed before. That he had rejected and denied years ago.

"You are not denying it," he proceeded further with a smug smile as his eyes sparkled with a glint of hope, now emboldened by Ava's weak backup that he was definitely