Ethan had not felt good ever since he left the banquet the previous day, and the only thing that he was left with was the piece of her snapped bracelet that he had with him. He had retreated to the small, congested room that he slept in at his suite, which covered a shield against the outside world as he succumbed to the numbing embrace of apathy.After Ava stormed out of his sight from the hallway, he still had her bracelet which had snapped with him. He shook his head as he looked at the shining ornament for a while, before turning back to the direction of the banquet hall in forlorn. Jesse arrived a few minutes later to pick him up with a chauffeur, and he left for the usual suite he normally went to at night, still unable to return to his mansion. The entire night, the weight of despair settled upon him like an unyielding boulder as he battled with the grief of his melancholy. It was glaring that Ava who used to look at him with so much tenderness and care, now loathed him with
Ava strode into her living room in the night when she came back from work, and pulled her heels immediately to slouch on the nearest couch that she could lay on. She felt so exhausted from working all day with little time to take a break, as she let out a weary sigh which was a sound heavy with the weight of accumulated exhaustion. Her muscles ached with a deep persistent soreness, with every fiber protesting against the demand of continued exertion. It was evident that her bones were tired from working so much. A heavy fog suddenly enveloped her mind and shrouded her thoughts in a gray haze, while trying to distort her perspective of every good thing that she had been experiencing so far. Every decision that she had to make by herself for a couple of days suddenly felt overwhelming, and she was feeling so paralyzed by indecision and a pervasive sense of helplessness. She had been trying so hard to get so many thoughts out of her mind, but it was difficult because her bad memories
A beautiful melody of classical music settled into the serene atmosphere of the five-star restaurant, and no one but Jace Scott was sitting comfortably on one of the tables there. He was waiting for Ava, who told him that she would be with him in few minutes after his call. He told her that he had a business proposal for her that would sustain her upcoming fashion show even better, and it was something she could not afford to not check out, because he always had good options. However, he had booked the entire restaurant for the afternoon, and got to the place minutes before she arrived. "I'm sorry that I am late. Had to go through some impromptu paperwork during lunch hours," she apologized immediately as she took the seat before him, but Jace could not utter a word for a few seconds at the stunning sight of her. It was a short wine dress made out of velvet fabric and decorated with pearled fur, and cut to a low V-neckline that amplified her beautiful neck and collar. Her long dar
Anna sat in her car that was parked miles away from AVARSON fashion company, and she could watch everything that was happening around the axis of the company, through the heavily tinted windows of her car. Regardless of how terribly she had blamed Nina for misdirecting and giving her wrong information, she wanted to come back and meet Ava one-on-one if possible. However, she had been waiting in her car for over ten minutes, thinking of the perfect move to pull without getting harassed amidst everything. She didn't want to tell a lie that wouldn't be perfect when told, and she wanted to be sure that the person she had come for was actually in the building. While contemplating in her mind about the next step to execute, she decided to call the one person that had promised to help her confirm every information about the AVARSON fashion company in Singapore. It was her mother's personal assistant in Germany, Alex, and he was willing to help her since her mother had told her not to as
Ava's face clouded with a mixture of disapproval and disappointment after she settled into the backseat of the taxi, and the look in her eyes became desolate and became etched with sadness. An ache pushed against her heart and a lump formed in her throat, as the tears that had welled behind her eyelids threatened to spill from her eyes. Her face burning with redness contorted as though she was struggling not to cry, and she sniffed incessantly to prevent the tears from coursing down her cheeks. However, it was really hard to control, as she continuously dabbed her face with a handkerchief. She resorted to dry, juddering sob without tears, because of the despair that her heart was subjected to. It was painful for her to know that she had loved a man like Ethan, who still had the mentality that everything was easy for him so far he wanted it and tried so hard. It hurt to know that even if she knew that she could never trust words that came from his lips, and that the shield of being em
AVARSON fashion house was buzzing with the preparations for their new fashion show the new week, and there was so much to put in order before the date that had been announced. The online seat booking tickets that were meant for the fashion show sold out in less than an hour mostly amongst elites after it was announced, which even put more anxiety in Ava that there were people waiting to come and watch her work. Therefore, they had no excuse to mess it up. The fashion hall that they were going to be using for the fashion show was set already, and the PR team was already working with the planning of the stage team and other things included. The planning and choreography team were busy getting each model ready for the collection fitting with different outfits, to determine the perfect models that will wear and present each clothes according to their look. The factory that was to make the clothes for the new season were almost done with the job, and Cassey had gone with Gianna, her as
Anna's brain had been shocked by too many things in a few days, that she was almost going crazy from how badly she had ruined things. In an attempt to pick up the pace with her fashion company again, she made her marketing team release the promotional videos early, resulting in a bad ruin because it collided with AVARSON's uproar for their fashion show. The result they got in return was so poor that they were unable to recover the budget that was used, talk more of improving the inflow revenue and reducing losses. Once again, they had lost another sum of money when the company was barely hanging on to running perfectly. Worst of all, the second shopping mall that they had one of their pop-up stores in, refused to extend their contract because there had been no demand for their products, making the space they had occupied a waste. Her workers had been gossiping with dry throats whenever she was not around, that they were all planning a plan B before the company folded and there wa
Ethan stood in front of his dresser to adjust his shirt of rare, luxury quality, as he looked at himself conceitedly through the mirror. He took from his rack golden cufflinks and attached them to the sleeve collar of his shirt, and picked from the revolving racks of numerous wristwatches, a diamond-studded one which he clasped around his wrist. His gelled jet-black hair shone through the mirror so perfectly, that he looked so elegant like someone that was just going to the office. But that was not the case. He was getting ready to attend the AVARSON fashion show event, which he had made sure to reserve the best seat for. A good seat space where everyone and even the designer of the clothes would be able to sight him from. "Hunh," He checked the time through his wristwatch and figured out that he still had so many minutes, before the event would even plan on starting to talk more about the collection display itself. He was tempted to pick up his phone and call the phone that would